Commentary: Health and economic transition

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1203-1206

  McKee, Martin ^a   Suhrcke, Marc ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NOTE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; USSR; VIOLENCE;

ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; USSR;

EID: 29244437149     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi144     Document Type: Note

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