Decreased mortality among contemplative monks in the Netherlands

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 771-775

  De Gouw, Heidi W F M ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b   Vandenbroucke, Jan P ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Life expectancy; ; Life style; ; Morbidity; ; Mortality.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLERGY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS;

BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; EUROPE; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHOLICISM; CLERGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0028929157     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117500     Document Type: Article

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