Is 27 really a dangerous age for famous musicians? Retrospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7837, 2011, Pages

  Wolkewitz Statistician, Martin ^a   Allignol, Arthur ^a   Graves, Nicholas ^b   Barnett, Adrian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MUSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PUBLIC FIGURE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856621967     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7799     Document Type: Article

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