Educational differentials in male mortality in Russia and northern Europe. A comparison of an epidemiological cohort from Moscow and St. Petersburg with the male populations of Helsinki and Oslo

Demographic Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-26

  Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^a   Deev, Alexander D ^b   Kravdal, Øystein ^c   Valkonen, Tapani ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR THERAPY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Education; Mortality; Russia; Scandinavia

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042528727     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2004.10.1     Document Type: Article

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