Trends in occupational mortality among middle-aged men in Sweden 1961-1990

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 782-787

  Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Hallqvist, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Inequality; Mortality; Occupation

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE-AGED MEN; MORTALITY TRENDS; OCCUPATIONAL MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AGE SPECIFIC DEATH RATE; BIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEATH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY--MEN; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPE; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; OCCUPATIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SWEDEN;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030765352     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.4.782     Document Type: Article

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