Change in lifestyle factors and their influence on health status and all-cause mortality

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1073-1080

  Johansson, Sven Erik ^a,c   Sundquist, Jan ^b,c  

^a STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Mortality; Self reported health status; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0033371913     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.6.1073     Document Type: Article

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