Contribution of main causes of death to social inequalities in mortality in the whole population of Scania, Sweden

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rosvall, Maria ^a   Chaix, Basile ^a,b   Lynch, John ^c   Lindström, Martin ^a   Merlo, Juan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; SWEDEN; WORKER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; SWEDEN;

EID: 33746256440     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-79     Document Type: Article

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