Inequalities in mortality according to educational level in two large Southern European cities

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-63

  Borrell, Carme ^a   Regidor, Enrique ^b   Arias, Luís Carlos ^b   Navarro, Pedro ^b   Puigpinós, Rosa ^b   Domínguez, Vicente ^b   Plasència, Antoni ^a  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Causes of death; Mortality; Social class; Social inequalities in health

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE SPECIFIC DEATH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEATH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; HIV INFECTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION AT RISK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STUDIES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033044183     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.1.58     Document Type: Article

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