Illness, not age, is the leveler of social mortality differences in old age

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-379

  Hoffmann, Rasmus ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Denmark; Diversity in aging; Event history methods; Mortality; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DENMARK; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DENMARK; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960078403     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr014     Document Type: Article

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