East-West mortality divide and its potential explanations: Proposed research agenda

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7028, 1996, Pages 421-425

  Bobak, Martin ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; EASTERN EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0030020685     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7028.421     Document Type: Article

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