Socioeconomic indicators and ethnicity as determinants of regional mortality rates in Slovakia

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 274-282

  Rosicova, Katarina ^a   Geckova, Andrea Madarasova ^b   Dijk, Jitse P ^b,d   Rosic, Martin ^c   Zezula, Ivan ^b   Groothoff, Johan W ^d  

^a Kosice Self Governing Region   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Income; Mortality; Regional differences; Roma population; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVAKIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SLOVAKIA; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949092241     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-7108-7     Document Type: Article

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