High life in the sky? Mortality by floor of residence in Switzerland

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 453-462

  Panczak, Radoslaw ^a   Galobardes, Bruna ^b   Spoerri, Adrian ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Floor of residence; High rise building; Housing; Mortality; Suicide; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; POPULATION MIGRATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84879838298     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9809-8     Document Type: Article

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