The changing relationship between income and mortality in Finland, 1988-2007

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-27

  Tarkiainen, Lasse ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Laaksonen, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

FINLAND;

EID: 84871939936     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201097     Document Type: Article

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