Childhood socioeconomic status and suicide mortality in early adulthood among Norwegian men and women. A prospective study of Norwegians born between 1955 and 1965 followed for suicide from 1990 to 2001

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2825-2834

  Strand, B H ^a,b   Kunst, Anton ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood; Gender; Lifecourse; Norway; Prospective study; Socioeconomic status; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GENDER; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33750048181     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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