From cradle to grave: Tracking socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in a cohort of 11 868 men and women born in Uppsala, Sweden, 1915-1929

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 569-575

  Juárez, Sol P ^a,b   Goodman, Anna ^a,c   Koupil, Ilona ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGING; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDIATOR; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SINGLE PARENT; STRATIFICATION; SWEDEN; SWEDISH CITIZEN; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964344880     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206547     Document Type: Article

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