Occupational class and cause specific mortality in middle aged men in 11 European countries: Comparison of population based studies

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7145, 1998, Pages 1636-1641

  Kunst, Anton E ^a   Groenhof, Feikje ^b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0032580745     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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