Change in the total and independent effects of education and occupational social class on mortality: Analyses of all Finnish men and women in the period 1971-2000

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 499-505

  Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Blomgren, Jenni ^a   Valkonen, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34249020469     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.049940     Document Type: Article

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