Live long and prosper? Childhood living conditions, marital status, social class in adulthood and mortality during mid-life: A cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-186

  Fors, Stefan ^a   Lennartsson, Carin ^a   Lundberg, Olle ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childhood; life course; mortality; socioeconomic position; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952566330     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810395823     Document Type: Article

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