Religious affiliation and mortality in Northern Ireland: Beyond Catholic and Protestant

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1637-1645

  O'Reilly, Dermot ^a   Rosato, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Church denomination; Mortality; Northern Ireland; Record linkage; Religious affiliation; UK

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; CATHOLICISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTHERN IRELAND; PROTESTANTISM; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 43049088500     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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