Do different measures of early life socioeconomic circumstances predict adult mortality? Evidence from the British Whitehall II and French GAZEL studies

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1097-1103

  Stringhini, Silvia ^a   Dugravot, Aline ^a   Kivimaki, Mika ^b   Shipley, Martin ^b   Zins, Marie ^a   Goldberg, Marcel ^a   Ferrie, Jane E ^b   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EDUCATION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEIGHT; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84856019999     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.102376     Document Type: Article

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