Individual-level measures of social capital as predictors of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: A population-based prospective study of men and women in Finland

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 589-597

  Hyyppä, Markku T ^a   Mäki, Juhani ^a   Impivaara, Olli ^a   Aromaa, Arpo ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Longitudinal; Mortality; Social capital; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34548643166     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9153-y     Document Type: Article

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