Open AccessIncome differences in mortality: a register-based follow-up study of three million men and women
Author(s) -
Pekka Martikainen,
Pia Mäkelä,
Seppo Koskinen,
Tapani Valkonen
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/30.6.1397
Subject(s) - register (sociolinguistics) , demography , medicine , gerontology , environmental health , sociology , philosophy , linguistics
We analyse whether the relationship between net household income and mortality form a continuous linear gradient or is curvilinear, assess the attenuation of this association after adjusting for confounding and reverse causality, and assess the strength of the association by age and cause of death.
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