'Avoidable' mortality among immigrants in Sweden

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 279-286

  Westerling, Ragnar ^a   Rosén, Måns ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avoidable mortality; Cause of death; Immigrants; Outcome assessment; Quality assessment; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; COLON CANCER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMPHYSEMA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REGISTER; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TRACHEA CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036908793     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/12.4.279     Document Type: Article

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