Elvis to Eminem: Quantifying the price of fame through early mortality of European and North American rock and pop stars

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 896-901

  Bellis, Mark A ^a   Hennell, Tom ^b   Lushey, Clare ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a   Tocque, Karen ^a   Ashton, John R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; MUSIC; OCCUPATION; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MUSICIAN; NORTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34848923725     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.059915     Document Type: Article

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