Indicators of socio-economic position and their relation to mortality in Sweden

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1757-1766

  Sundquist, Jan ^a   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Employment status; Longitudinal study; Mortality; Socio economic position; Sweden; Tenure

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HOUSING TENURE; MORTALITY IMPACT; POPULATION MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030735694     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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