Educational Level and Stroke Mortality: A Comparison of 10 European Populations during the 1990s

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 432-437

  Avendaño, Mauricio ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Huisman, Martijn ^a   Van Lenthe, Frank ^a   Bopp, Matthias ^b   Borrell, Carme ^c   Valkonen, Tapani ^d   Regidor, Enrique ^e   Costa, Giuseppe ^f   Donkin, Angela ^g   Borgan, Jens Kristian ^h   Deboosere, Patrick ⁱ   Gadeyne, Sylvie ⁱ   Spadea, Teresa ^f   Andersen, Otto ^j   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Municipal Health Service   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^h STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

ⁱ FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^j Statistics Denmark   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; Europe; Mortality; Social class; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10744223203     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000109225.11509.EE     Document Type: Article

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