Gender differences on the impacts of social exclusion on mortality among older Japanese: AGES cohort study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 940-945

  Saito, Masashige ^a   Kondo, Naoki ^b   Kondo, Katsunori ^a   Ojima, Toshiyuki ^c   Hirai, Hiroshi ^d  

^a NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Cohort study; Japan; Mortality; Relative poverty; Social exclusion; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; MORTALITY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL IMPACT; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SECURITY;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AICHI; CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 84862773322     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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