Effect of grandparent's and parent's socioeconomic position on mortality among Danish men born in 1953

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 647-651

  Osler, Merete ^a   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^a   Lund, Rikke ^a   Holstein, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Life course epidemiology; Mortality; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REGISTRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAL STATISTICS;

DENMARK; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 29044443676     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki066     Document Type: Article

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