Explaining differential rates of mortality decline for Swedish men and women: A time-series analysis, 1945-1992

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1759-1777

  Hemström, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Mortality; Social factors; Sweden; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CHANGE; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0032999293     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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