Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality among elderly people in 11 European populations

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 468-475

  Huisman, M ^a   Kunst, A E ^a   Andersen, O ^b   Bopp, M ^c   Borgan, J K ^d   Borrell, C ^e   Costa, G ^f   Deboosere, P ^g   Desplanques, G ^h   Donkin, A ⁱ   Gadeyne, S ^g   Minder, C ^j   Regidor, E ^k   Spadea, T ^f   Valkonen, T ^l   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Statistics Denmark   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^e Municipal Health Service   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

ⁱ OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ELDERLY POPULATION; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2442696314     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.010496     Document Type: Article

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