Differences in avoidable mortality between migrants and the native Dutch in the Netherlands

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Stirbu, I ^a   Kunst, A E ^a   Bos, V ^a   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURINAME; TURKEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURINAME; TURKEY;

EID: 33645825674     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-78     Document Type: Article

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