Effects of spouses' socioeconomic characteristics on mortality among men and women in a Norwegian longitudinal study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2035-2047

  Skalická, Věra ^a,b   Kunst, Anton E ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inequality; Men; Mortality; Norway; Socioeconomic status (SES); Spouse partner; Women

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 41249101199     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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