Living arrangements as determinants of myocardial infarction incidence and survival: A prospective register study of over 300,000 Finnish men and women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 93-100

  Kilpi, Fanny ^a   Konttinen, Hanna ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Finland; Gender; Living arrangements; Marital status; Myocardial infarction; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHABITATION; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; LOGISTICS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHABITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FINN (CITIZEN); HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVING ARRANGEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FINLAND;

EID: 84963958329     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.03.054     Document Type: Article

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