The effect of parity on cause-specific mortality among married men and women

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-385

  Jaffe, Dena H ^a   Eisenbach, Zvi ^a   Manor, Orly ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Men; Mortality; Parity; Women

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PARITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PARITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955688980     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-010-0591-x     Document Type: Article

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