Total and occupationally active life expectancies in relation to social class and marital status in men classified as healthy at 20 in Finland

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 653-660

  Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,d   Sarna, Seppo ^a   Fogelholm, Mikael ^b   Koskenvuo, Markku ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d Department of Public Health ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 0030471651     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.6.653     Document Type: Article

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