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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2024;:14034948241246433

One generation apart: Individual income and life expectancy in two Swedish cohorts born before and after the expansion of the welfare state

Gurzo K; Rehnberg J; Martikainen P; Ostergren O
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2024;78(5):326-333

Neurological conditions and subsequent divorce risk in the Nordic countries: the importance of gender and both spouses' education

Metsae-Simola N; Heggebo K; Kjaer Urhoj S; Martikainen P; Einioe E; Oestergren O
Article: SOCIAL FORCES. 2024;102(3):1068-1088

The Impact of Privileged Classroom Friends on Adult Income and Income Mobility: A Study of a Swedish Cohort Born in 1953

Gurzo K; Ostergren O; Martikainen P; Modin B
Article: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 2023;120(46):e2303640120

Inequality and COVID-19 in Sweden: Relative risks of nine bad life events, by four social gradients, in pandemic vs. prepandemic years

Altmejd A; Ostergren O; Bjorkegren E; Persson T
Article: HEALTH & PLACE. 2023;83:103064

Migrant mortality by duration of residence and co-ethnic density-A register-based study on Finnish migrants in Sweden with matched controls in the origin and the destination

Ostergren O; Cederstrom A; Korhonen K; Martikainen P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33(4):574-579

Waves of inequality: income differences in intensive care due to Covid-19 in Sweden

Gauffin K; Ostergren O; Cederstrom A
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33(3):372-377

Disruption and selection: the income gradient in mortality among natives and migrants in Sweden

Ostergren O; Rehnberg J; Lundberg O; Miething A
Article: SOCIAL THEORY & HEALTH. 2022;20(3):276-290

The social gradient in smoking: individual behaviour, norms and nicotine dependence in the later stages of the cigarette epidemic

Ostergren O
Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 2022;238:109547

The contribution of alcohol-related deaths to the life-expectancy gap between people with and without depression - a cross-country comparison

Moustgaard H; Tarkiainen L; Ostergren O; Korhonen K; Zangarini N; Costa G; Martikainen P
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(12):7279

Pathways from Childhood Economic Conditions to Adult Mortality in a 1953 Stockholm Cohort: The Intermediate Role of Personal Attributes and Socioeconomic Career

Gurzo K; Modin B; Martikainen P; Ostergren O
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2022;77(5):946-955

Excess Mortality by Individual and Spousal Education for Recent and Long-Term Widowed

Ostergren O; Fors S; Rehnberg J
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(3):e054507

Trends in the shape of the income-mortality association in Sweden between 1995 and 2017: a repeated cross-sectional population register study

Rehnberg J; Ostergren O; Fors S; Fritzell J
Article: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2021;295:831-838

Contributions of specific causes of death by age to the shorter life expectancy in depression: a register-based observational study from Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Italy

Korhonen K; Moustgaard H; Tarkiainen L; Ostergren O; Costa G; Urhoj SK; Martikainen P
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2021;280:114038

Interdependent pathways between socioeconomic position and health: A Swedish longitudinal register-based study

Rehnberg J; Ostergren O; Esser I; Lundberg O
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(6):e048192

Changes in life expectancy and lifespan variability by income quartiles in four Nordic countries: a study based on nationwide register data.

Brønnum-Hansen H; Östergren O; Tarkiainen L; Hermansen Å; Martikainen P; van der Wel KA; Lundberg O
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;49(4):419-422

Exploring the longevity advantage of doctorates in Finland and Sweden: The role of smoking- and alcohol-related causes of death

Junna LM; Tarkiainen L; Ostergren O; Jasilionis D; Martikainen P
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;31(2):321-325

Home and away: mortality among Finnish-born migrants in Sweden compared to native Swedes and Finns residing in Finland

Ostergren O; Korhonen K; Gustafsson N-K; Martikainen P
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2020;48(3):346-349

The contribution of smoking-related deaths to the gender gap in life expectancy in Sweden between 1997 and 2016.

Östergren O; Martikainen P
Article: JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2019;74(8):e97-e106

Is the Association Between Late Life Morbidity and Disability Attenuated Over Time? Exploring the Dynamic Equilibrium of Morbidity Hypothesis

Hossin MZ; Ostergren O; Fors S
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2019;73(4):334-339

Contribution of smoking and alcohol consumption to income differences in life expectancy: evidence using Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish register data.

Östergren O; Martikainen P; Tarkiainen L; Elstad JI; Brønnum-Hansen H
Article: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH. 2018;5:122-128

Educational inequalities in mortality are larger at low levels of income: A register-based study on premature mortality among 2.3 million Swedes, 2006-2009.

Östergren O
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2018;63(1):41-48

The contribution of alcohol consumption and smoking to educational inequalities in life expectancy among Swedish men and women during 1991-2008

Ostergren O; Martikainen P; Lundberg O
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2017;71(12):1168-1176

Influence of affordability of alcohol on educational disparities in alcohol-related mortality in Finland and Sweden: a time series analysis

Herttua K; Ostergren O; Lundberg O; Martikainen P
Article: PLOS ONE. 2017;12(8):e0182526

Educational expansion and inequalities in mortality-A fixed-effects analysis using longitudinal data from 18 European populations

Ostergren O; Lundberg O; Artnik B; Bopp M; Borrell C; Kalediene R; Leinsalu M; Martikainen P; Regidor E; Rodriguez-Sanz M; de Gelder R; Mackenbach JP
Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2016;353:i1732

Changes in mortality inequalities over two decades: register based study of European countries.

Mackenbach JP; Kulhánová I; Artnik B; Bopp M; Borrell C; Clemens T; Costa G; Dibben C; Kalediene R; Lundberg O; Martikainen P; Menvielle G; Östergren O; Prochorskas R; Rodríguez-Sanz M; Strand BH; Looman CWN; de Gelder R
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015;43(6):563-570

Growing gaps: The importance of income and family for educational inequalities in mortality among Swedish men and women 1990-2009

Ostergren O
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2015;69(3):207-217

Trends in inequalities in premature mortality: a study of 3.2 million deaths in 13 European countries.

Mackenbach JP; Kulhánová I; Menvielle G; Bopp M; Borrell C; Costa G; Deboosere P; Esnaola S; Kalediene R; Kovacs K; Leinsalu M; Martikainen P; Regidor E; Rodriguez-Sanz M; Strand BH; Hoffmann R; Eikemo TA; Östergren O; Lundberg O; Eurothine and EURO-GBD-SE consortiums
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2015;127:51-62

Variations in the relation between education and cause-specific mortality in 19 European populations: a test of the "fundamental causes" theory of social inequalities in health.

Mackenbach JP; Kulhánová I; Bopp M; Deboosere P; Eikemo TA; Hoffmann R; Kulik MC; Leinsalu M; Martikainen P; Menvielle G; Regidor E; Wojtyniak B; Östergren O; Lundberg O; EURO-GBD-SE Consortium
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2014;68(7):635-640

The potential for reducing differences in life expectancy between educational groups in five European countries: the effects of obesity, physical inactivity and smoking.

Mäki NE; Martikainen PT; Eikemo T; Menvielle G; Lundberg O; Ostergren O; Mackenbach JP; EURO-GBD-SE consortium members
Article: NICOTINE & TOBACCO RESEARCH. 2014;16(5):507-518

Educational Inequalities in Three Smoking-Related Causes of Death in 18 European Populations

Kulik MC; Menvielle G; Eikemo TA; Bopp M; Jasilionis D; Kulhanova I; Leinsalu M; Martikainen P; Ostergren O; Mackenbach JP
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;28(12):959-971

Smoking and the potential for reduction of inequalities in mortality in Europe

Kulik MC; Hoffmann R; Judge K; Looman C; Menvielle G; Kulhanova I; Toch M; Ostergren O; Martikainen P; Borrell C; Rodriguez-Sanz M; Bopp M; Leinsalu M; Jasilionis D; Eikemo TA; Mackenbach JP
Article: SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 2013;94:1-8

Educational differences in disability-free life expectancy: a comparative study of long-standing activity limitation in eight European countries

Maki N; Martikainen P; Eikemo T; Menvielle G; Lundberg O; Ostergren O; Jasilionis D; Mackenbach JP
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