Rural-urban differences in sociodemographic, social network and lifestyle factors related to mortality of middle-aged Japanese men from the Komo-Ise cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-104

  Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Otani, Tetsuya ^a   Ohta, Akiko ^a   Yosiaki, Sasazawa ^a   Kuroiwa, Masaya ^a   Suzuki, Shosuke ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Mortality; Rural urban differences; Social Networks; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036517704     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.12.93     Document Type: Article

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