Economic change, crime, and mortality crisis in Russia: Regional analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7154, 1998, Pages 312-318

  Walberg, Peder ^a   McKee, Martin ^b   Shkolnikov, Vladimir ^c   Chenet, Laurent ^b   Leon, David A ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC FORECASTING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRIME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032147004     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7154.312     Document Type: Article

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