Mortality in three different cohorts of 70-year olds: The impact of social factors and health

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-151

  Wilhelmson, Katarina ^a   Allebeck, Peter ^a   Berg, Stig ^a,b   Steen, Bertil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged; Cohort studies; Health status; Mortality; Social factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH CARE NEED; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZATION; RECORDING; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; HUMAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036019029     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324427     Document Type: Article

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