Long-term consequences of education, working conditions, and health-related behaviors on mortality patterns in older age. A 17-year observational study in Kraków, Poland

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-256

  Tobiasz Adamczyk, Beata ^a   Bartoszewska, Ewa ^a   Brzyski, Piotr ^a   Kopacz, Marek ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Education; Health related behavior; Mortality patterns; Older age; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; POLAND; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 35348918810     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-007-0028-y     Document Type: Article

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