All-cause and cause-specific mortality of social assistance recipients in Norway: A register-based follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 820-825

  Naper, Sille Ohrem ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cause of death; mortality; Norway; social assistance; social welfare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 71049154891     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809347023     Document Type: Article

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