Huge variation in Russian mortality rates 1984-94: Artefact, alcohol, or what?

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9075, 1997, Pages 383-388

  Leon, David A ^a   Chenet, Laurent ^a   Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^b   Zakharov, Sergei ^b   Shapiro, Judith ^c   Rakhmanova, Galina ^b   Vassin, Sergei ^b   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre of Demography/Human Ecology   (Russian Federation)

^c London Sch of Hyg and Trop Med ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030757294     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)03360-6     Document Type: Article

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