Low socioeconomic status of the opposite sex is a risk factor for middle aged mortality

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 675-678

  Kopp, Maria S ^a   Skrabski, Árpád ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Adler, Nancy E ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; WORLD;

EID: 23144462025     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.027284     Document Type: Article

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