Education and cause-specific mortality: The mediating role of differential exposure and vulnerability to behavioral risk factors

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 389-396

  Nordahl, Helene ^a   Lange, Theis ^a   Osler, Merete ^b   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Andersen, Ingelise ^a   Prescott, Eva ^c   Tjønneland, Anne ^d   Frederiksen, Birgitte Lidegaard ^e   Rod, Naja Hulvej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^e Danish Health and Medicines Authority   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84898029037     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000080     Document Type: Article

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