Socioeconomic inequalities in stroke mortality among middle-aged men. An international overview

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2285-2291

  Kunst, Anton E ^a   Del Rios, Marina ^a   Groenhof, Feikje ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Social class; World health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031758198     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.11.2285     Document Type: Article

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