Why do males in Scotland die younger than those in England? evidence from three prospective cohort studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  McCartney, Gerry ^a   Shipley, Martin ^b   Hart, Carole ^c   Davey Smith, George ^d   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Walsh, David ^e   Watt, Graham C ^c   Batty, G David ^b,f  

^a NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Glasgow Centre for Population Health   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CORONARY DISEASE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84863834638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038860     Document Type: Article

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