Parity and total, ischemic heart disease and stroke mortality. the Adventist Health Study, 1976-1988

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 711-718

  Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster ^a   Knutsen, Synnøve Fønnebø ^b   Oda, Keiji ^b   Fraser, Gary Ernest ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Parity; Reproductive history; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGIOUS GROUP; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 80054766701     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-011-9598-x     Document Type: Article

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