Educational inequalities in mortality among Israeli Jews: Changes over time in a dynamic population

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-298

  Jaffe, Dena H ^a   Neumark, Yehuda D ^a   Eisenbach, Zvi ^a   Manor, Orly ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Education; Immigrants; Inequalities; Mortality; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDUCATION; IMMIGRANT; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 36749043194     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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