Main causes of death among Swedish women born 1914 and 1918: 32-year follow-up of the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 597-601

  Hange, Dominique ^a   Sigurdsson, Jóhann Ag ^b   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a   Lapidus, Leif ^a   Bengtsson, Calle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Mortality; Population study; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SWEDEN; SWEDISH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84877113623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S31748     Document Type: Article

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