Causes of death responsible for the widening gap in mortality among educational groups in Austria between 1981 and 1991

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 17-18, 2008, Pages 547-557

  Schwarz, Franz ^a   Pamuk, Elsie R ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Education; Index of inequality; Mortality; Social disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 56249133033     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-008-1009-2     Document Type: Article

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