Contribution of deaths related alcohol or smoking to the gender difference in life expectancy: Finland in the early 1990s

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-427

  Martelin, Tuija ^a,b   Mäkelä, Pia ^a,b   Valkonen, Tapani ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Life expectancy; Mortality; Sex difference; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 13244253635     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/14.4.422     Document Type: Article

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