This anthropological study, conducted in Cotonou, Benin between 2005 and 2007, investigates the informal … them come from Anglophone countries near Benin (Nigeria and Ghana) led to a comparison of the sources of pharmaceutical … over pharmaceutical distribution in Benin. Hence, the differences between these three countries in terms of variety of …

. In addition to this, the subjective measure of poverty has a significant effect on mortality, increasing it by 65% among …

to disease in early life on mortality over the entire life course and separately by sex. The local rates of post …-early neonatal mortality are considered indicators of early life disease exposure, and these rates are calculated specifically for ….1 years for females and 2.1 years for males. Exposed individuals show a cross-over from lower to higher relative mortality as …

To quantify the relation between prenatal famine exposure and adult mortality, taking into account mediating effects of …

We examine the influences of a set of early life conditions (ELCs) on all-cause and cause-specific mortality among … religious affiliation)), is a parental death associated with enduring mortality risks after age 65? The years following parental … were children, but especially when they were adolescents/young adults, have modest but significant mortality risks after …

stressful life events is associated with risk of mortality and whether this association is mediated by behavioral factors and … questionnaire. We calculated Cox proportional hazard ratios (HRs) for all-cause and cause-specific mortality during follow-up for …

Few studies have so far enquired into the relationship between being a grandparent and health and mortality outcomes … grandchildren. This study aims to fill this gap in the knowledge of how family structure is linked to mortality by focusing on … whether being a grandparent in itself is associated with mortality. Norwegian parents in the age groups 40–73 are analysed …

Individual- and community-level income has been shown to be linked to social inequalities in health and mortality. On …

with improvements in population health, as indicated by life expectancy and cause-specific mortality rates. …

the relationship between moderate alcohol use and mortality. Data came from the Americans' Changing Lives study, based on … data were collected in 1986, and mortality tracked by death certificate through 2005. Proportional hazards modeling … related with lower mortality compared with both total abstention from alcohol and heavy consumption (more than two drinks per …