Is young fatherhood causally related to midlife mortality? A sibling fixed-effect study in Finland

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1077-1082

  Einiö, Elina ^a   Nisén, Jessica ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MORTALITY; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; YOUNG POPULATION;

FINLAND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SIBLING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; PATERNAL AGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947035282     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205627     Document Type: Article

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