Fertility history and cause-specific mortality: A register-based analysis of complete cohorts of Norwegian women and men

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1847-1857

  Grundy, Emily ^a   Kravdal, Øystein ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age at first birth parity; Cause specific mortality; Fertility; Gender; Norway

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FERTILITY; GENDER DISPARITY; MORTALITY RISK; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; WOMENS STATUS;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHILDLESSNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PARITY; POPULATION SIZE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIOLENCE;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NORWAY;

EID: 77952553134     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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