Dying to be famous: Retrospective cohort study of rock and pop star mortality and its association with adverse childhood experiences

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bellis, Mark A ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a   Sharples, Olivia ^a   Hennell, Tom ^b   Hardcastle, Katherine A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FAME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PUBLIC FIGURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84873128989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002089     Document Type: Article

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