Income differences in life expectancy: The changing contribution of harmful consumption of alcohol and smoking

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 182-190

  Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Mäkelä, Pia ^b   Peltonen, Riina ^a   Myrskylä, Mikko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84894108453     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000064     Document Type: Article

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