Life course socioeconomic position and mortality: A population register-based study from Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 785-791

  Padyab, Mojgan ^a   Malmberg, Gunnar ^a   Norberg, Margareta ^a   Blomstedt, Yulia ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; life course; social inequality; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TRENDS; ARTICLE; HEALTH; LIFE COURSE; SOCIAL INEQUALITY;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

HEALTH; LIFE COURSE; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 84888151266     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813493366     Document Type: Article

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