Effects of an assessment of needs for medical and social services on long term mortality: A randomized controlled study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 194-198

  Theobald, Holger ^a   Bygren, Lars Olov ^b   Carstensen, John ^c   Hauffman, Märten ^a   Engfeldt, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Mortality; Multiphasic; Population surveys; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPHASIC SCREENING; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL WORK; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031898870     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.2.194     Document Type: Article

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