Ethnic inequalities in age- and cause-specific mortality in The Netherlands

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1112-1119

  Bos, Vivian ^a   Kunst, Anton E ^a   Keij Deerenberg, Ingeborg M ^b   Garssen, Joop ^b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Ethnicity; Inequality; Marital status; Mortality; Socio economic status; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNICITY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARUBA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOROCCO; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7244224921     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh189     Document Type: Article

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