Sex differences in child and adolescent mortality in the Nordic countries, 1981—2000

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-346

  Gissler, Mika ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^b   Mortensen, Laust ^c   Arntzen, Annett ^d   Cnattingius, Sven ^e   Nybo Andersen, Anne Marie ^f   Hemminki, Elina ^g  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth register; mortality; register study; sex; socioeconomic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849129180     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809103905     Document Type: Article

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