Cohort patterns in mortality trends among the elderly in seven European countries, 1950-99

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1149-1159

  Janssen, F ^a,b   Kunst, A E ^b   Barendregt, J ^b   Bonneux, L ^b   de Laet, C ^b   Nusselder, W ^b   Peeters, A ^b   Al Mamun, A ^b   Willekens, F ^b   Mackenbach, J P ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age period cohort analysis; Causes of death; Early life events; Elderly; Life course; Mortality; Smoking; Trends

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE; MORTALITY; SMOKING;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27544456317     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi123     Document Type: Article

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