Socio-economic status inequality and major causes of death in adults: A 5-year follow-up study in rural Vietnam

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 497-504

  Huong, Dao Lan ^a   Van Minh, Hoang ^b   Janlert, Urban ^c   Van, Do Duc ^b   Byass, Peter ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cox regression; Demographic surveillance system; Inequity; Mortality; Verbal autopsy; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33744900378     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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