Childhood socioeconomic position and cause-specific mortality in early adulthood

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-93

  Strand, Bjørn Heine ^a,b   Kunst, Anton ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adult; Cause of death; Child; Education; Income; Mortality; Occupations; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DEATH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CENSUSES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33845864724     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj352     Document Type: Article

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