Women in Denmark - Why do they die so young? Risk factors for premature death

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 266-276

  Helweg Larsen, K ^a   Knudsen, L B ^b   Petersson, B ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Statistics Denmark   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Drug consumption; Life expectancy; Lifestyle; Premature mortality; Single motherhood; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; EUROPE; EXCESS MORTALITY--WOMEN; INFANT MORTALITY; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE EXPECTANCY--WOMEN; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DETERMINANTS; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREMATURE MORTALITY--WOMEN; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; SMOKING; STUDIES; SWEDEN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DRUG USAGE; EUROPE; EXCESS MORTALITY--WOMEN; LENGTH OF LIFE; LIFE EXPECTANCY--WOMEN; LIFE STYLE; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DETERMINANTS; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREMATURE MORTALITY--WOMEN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SMOKING; STUDIES; SWEDEN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032177696     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1998.tb00247.x     Document Type: Article

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