Socio-professional level and long-term mortality in three Belgian large-scale studies

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 3-14

  Kittel, F ^a   De Smet, P ^a   Leynen, F ^a   Dramaix, M ^a   De Backer, G ^b   Kornitzer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Long term prediction; Mortality; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0038454628     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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