Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in the Basque Country [Spain];Desigualdades socioeconómicas en la mortalidad en la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 1, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 16-24

  Esnaola, Santiago ^a   Aldasoro, Elena ^a   Ruiz, Rosa ^a   Audicana, Covadonga ^b   Pérez, Yolanda ^a   Calvo, Montse ^a  

^a Servicio de Estudios e Investigacion Sanitaria   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Registros Epidemiológicos   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque Country; Census; Mortality; Small area analysis; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33645118987     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13084123     Document Type: Article

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