The association between masculinity rank and mortality patterns: A prospective study based on the Swedish 1969 conscript cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 408-413

  Mansdotter A ^a   Lundin, A ^a   Falkstedt, D ^a   Hemmingsson, T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYPERTENSION; MENS HEALTH; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MORTALITY; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 66149088516     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.082628     Document Type: Article

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