Engagement in cultural activities and cause-specific mortality: Prospective cohort study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 142-147

  Väänänen, Ari ^a   Murray, Michael ^b   Koskinen, Aki ^a   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,e   Kouvonen, Anne ^c   Kivimäki, Mika ^d  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Civic participation; Culture; Employees; Engagement; External Causes; Finland; Health; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB STRESS; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349301354     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.026     Document Type: Article

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