A systematic literature review of studies analyzing the effect of sex, age, education, marital status, obesity and smoking on health transitions

Sex, age, education, marital status, obesity, and smoking have been found to affect health transitions between non-disabled, disabled, and death. Our aim is to review the research literature on this topic and provide structured information, first on the availability of results for each risk factor a...

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Main Authors: Gabriele Doblhammer, Rasmus Hoffmann, Elena Muth, Christina Westphal, Anne Kruse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2009-02-01
Series:Demographic Research
Subjects:
sex
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol20/5/