Life span and disability: A cross sectional comparison of Russian and Swedish community based data

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7469, 2004, Pages 767-770

  Bobak, Martin ^a   Kristenson, Margareta ^b   Pikhart, Hynek ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SELF EVALUATION; SWEDEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 5444276364     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38202.667130.55     Document Type: Article

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