Socio-economic position over the life course and all-cause, and circulatory diseases mortality at age 50-87 years: Results from a Swedish birth cohort

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-147

  Mishra, Gita Devi ^a   Chiesa, Flaminia ^b   Goodman, Anna ^b,c   De Stavola, Bianca ^c   Koupil, Ilona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life course; Mortality; Socio economic position; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84879506824     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9777-z     Document Type: Article

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