Impact of economic crisis on cause-specific mortality in South Korea

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1291-1301

  Khang, Young Ho ^a   Lynch, John W ^b   Kaplan, George A ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic recession; Mortality; Socioeconomic factors; South Korea

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; HEALTH AND DISEASE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CANCER; STROKE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 29244434522     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi224     Document Type: Article

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