Religious affiliation and all-cause mortality: A prospective population study in middle-aged men in eastern Finland

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1244-1249

  Rasanen J ^a   Kauhanen, J ^a   Lakka, T A ^a,b   Kaplan, G A ^c   Salonen, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Men; Mortality; Population studies; Religion

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FINLAND; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 0030472344     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.6.1244     Document Type: Article

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