Association between mortality and occupation among movie directors and actors

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 400-403

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,c   Singh, Sheldon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PICTURES; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142212166     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00309-7     Document Type: Article

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