Mortality by education level at late-adult ages in turin: A survival analysis using frailty models with period and cohort approaches

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Zarulli, Virginia ^a,b   Marinacci, Chiara ^c   Costa, Giuseppe ^d   Caselli, Graziella ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84880618052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002841     Document Type: Article

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