Understanding the toll of premature death among men in eastern europe

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7320, 2001, Pages 1051-1055

  McKee, M ^a   Shkolnikov, V ^b  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0035802572     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7320.1051     Document Type: Review

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