The clustering of premature deaths in families

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 757-765

  Øyen, Nina ^a,b,c   Boyd, Heather A ^a   Poulsen, Gry ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^a   Melbye, Mads ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69649086585     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181ad5444     Document Type: Article

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