Mass privatisation and the post-communist mortality crisis: a cross-national analysis

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9661, 2009, Pages 399-407

  Stuckler, David ^a   King, Lawrence ^a   McKee, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; USSR; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 58749086000     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60005-2     Document Type: Article

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