Education and adult cause-specific mortality-examining the impact of family factors shared by 871 367 Norwegian siblings

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1683-1691

  Næss, Øyvind ^a   Hoff, Dominic A ^a   Lawlor, Debbie ^b   Mortensen, Laust H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Education; Family; Mortality; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORWAY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIBLINGS;

NORWAY;

EID: 84872136145     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys143     Document Type: Article

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