Widening socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in six Western European countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 830-837

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Bos, Vivian ^a   Andersen, Otto ^b   Cardano, Mario ^c   Costa, Giuseppe ^c   Harding, Seeromanie ^d   Reid, Alison ^d   Hemström, Örjan ^e   Valkonen, Tapani ^f   Kunst, Anton E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Statistics Denmark   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HUMAN; INJURY; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0142185436     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg209     Document Type: Article

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