Mortality among the elderly in Sweden by social class

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 437-440

  Olausson, Petra Otterblad ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

elderly; mortality; social class

Indexed keywords

CLASS DIFFERENCE; ELDERLY PEOPLE; MORTALITY RATE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTOR;

SWEDEN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0026058772     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(91)90345-D     Document Type: Article

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