Month of Birth and Mortality in Sweden: A Nation-Wide Population-Based Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Ueda, Peter ^a   Edstedt Bonamy, Anna Karin ^a   Granath, Fredrik ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH; BIRTH MONTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPRING; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARTURITION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84874074665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056425     Document Type: Article

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