Parity and men's mortality risks

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 343-347

  Keizer, Renske ^a   Dykstra, Pearl A ^a   Van Lenthe, Frank J ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PARITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861615907     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr024     Document Type: Article

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