Social cohesion and mortality: A survival analysis of older adults in Japan

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Inoue, Sachiko ^a,b   Yorifuji, Takashi ^c   Takao, Soshi ^a   Doi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84887270295     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301311     Document Type: Article

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