Socio-economic factors & longevity in a cohort of Kerala State, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 479-486

  Sauvaget, Catherine ^a   Ramadas, Kunnambath ^b   Fayette, Jean Marie ^a   Thomas, Gigi ^b   Thara, Somanathan ^b   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Developing countries; India; Life expectancy; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE; HEALTH STATUS; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79958070485     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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