An investigation of the growing number of deaths of unidentified people in Russia

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-257

  Andreev, Evgueni ^a   Pridemore, William Alex ^b   Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^a   Antonova, Olga I ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Federal State Statistics Service   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Homeless persons; Mortality; Russia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RUSSIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 44649106431     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm124     Document Type: Article

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