Can large relative mortality differences between socio-economic groups among Swedish men be explained by risk indicator-associated social mobility?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 518-522

  Hemmingsson, Tomas ^a   Lundberg, Ingvar ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b National Institute for Working Life ^*

Author keywords

Mortality; Risk indicator associated social mobility; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 26844516520     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki038     Document Type: Article

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