Socio-economic inequalities in mortality. Methodological problems illustrated with three examples from Europe

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 467-479

  Kunst, A E ^a   Groenhof, F ^a   Borgan, J K ^b   Costa, G ^c   Desplanques, G ^d   Faggiano, F ^e   Hemstrom O ^f   Martikainen, P ^g   Vagero D ^f   Valkonen, T ^g   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Environmental Protection Agency   (Italy)

^d Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Methodology; Mortality; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032420907     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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