Socioeconomic differentials in cause-specific mortality among South Korean adolescents

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-57

  Cho, Hong Jun ^a   Khang, Young Ho ^a   Yang, Seungmi ^b   Harper, Sam ^b   Lynch, John W ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Income; Mortality; Socioeconomic factor; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 34447299691     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl239     Document Type: Article

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