Mortality differences by parental social class from childhood to adulthood

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 525-529

  Pensola, Tiina H ^a   Valkonen, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0034084041     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.7.525     Document Type: Article

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