Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among women and among men: An international study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1800-1806

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Groenhof, Feikje ^a   Borgan, Jens Kristian ^b   Costa, Giuseppe ^c   Faggiano, Fabrizio ^d   Józan, Peter ^e   Leinsalu, Mall ^f   Martikainen, Pekka ^g   Rychtarikova, Jitka ^h   Valkonen, Tapani ^g  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^c ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e Hungarian Central Statistical Office   (Hungary)

^f Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032731119     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.12.1800     Document Type: Article

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