Unusually strong association between education and mortality in young adults in a community with a high rate of injection-drug users

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 334-339

  Regidor, Enrique ^a   De La Fuente, Luis ^b   Calle, M Elisa ^a   Navarro, Pedro ^a   Domínguez, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Education; Leading causes of death; Mortality; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0346724559     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/13.4.334     Document Type: Article

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