Social inequality in premature mortality among Polish urban adults during economic transition

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 878-885

  Kołodziej, Halina ^a   Łopuszańska, Monika ^a   Bielicki, Tadeusz ^a   Jankowska, Ewa Anita ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLAND; POLITICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36049016666     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20665     Document Type: Article

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