Do socioeconomic differences in mortality persist after retirement? 25 Year follow up of civil servants from the first Whitehall study

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7066, 1996, Pages 1177-1180

  Marmot, M G ^a   Shipley, Martin J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; DEATH; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029823799     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7066.1177     Document Type: Article

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