Childbearing history and late-life mortality: The Dubbo study of Australian elderly

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-528

  Simons, Leon A ^a   Simons, Judith ^a   Friedlander, Yechiel ^b   Mccallum, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Cohort study; Later life mortality; Parity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864019431     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs016     Document Type: Article

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