Women's death in Scandinavia - What makes Denmark different?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-121

  Jacobsen, Rune ^a   Von Euler, My ^a   Osler, Merete ^a   Lynge, Elsebeth ^a   Keiding, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age period cohort modelling; Denmark; Life expectancy; Mortality; Norway; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 1642274413     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000017834.35943.bd     Document Type: Article

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