Urban cause-specific socioeconomic mortality differences. Which causes of death contribute most?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 240-247

  Middelkoop, Barend Jacob Cornelis ^a   Struben, Hein W A ^a   Burger, Irene ^a   Vroom Jongerden, Johanna M ^a  

^a Municipal Medical and Health Service of The Hague   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Differential mortality; Mortality; Small area analysis; Socioeconomic factors; Urban health

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTHORITY; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GENDER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INJURY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

NETHERLANDS; THE HAGUE;

EID: 0035020521     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.2.240     Document Type: Article

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