Trends in socioeconomic disparities in stroke mortality in six European countries between 1981-1985 and 1991-1995

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-61

  Avendaño, Mauricio ^a,b   Kunst, A E ^a   Van Lenthe, F ^a   Bos, V ^a   Costa, G ^c   Valkonen, T ^d   Cardano, M ^c   Harding, S ^e   Borgan, J K ^f   Glickman, M ^e   Reid, A ^e   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^f STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Europe; Mortality; Social class

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORTALITY RISK; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; OCCUPATION; PATIENT CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; STROKE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; ITALY; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWEDEN; TORINO; TURIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19944428911     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi011     Document Type: Article

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