Socioeconomic inequalities in morbidity and mortality in western Europe

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9066, 1997, Pages 1655-1659

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Cavelaars, Adriënne E J M ^a   Groenhof, Feikje ^a   Geurts, José J M ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FINLAND; FRANCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0030911641     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)07226-1     Document Type: Article

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