Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality over a twenty-two-year period in the city of Barcelona (Spain);Veintidós años de evolución de las desigualdades socioeconómicas en la mortalidad en la ciudad de Barcelona

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-27

  Dalmau Bueno, Albert ^a,b   García Altés, Anna ^a,b   Marí Dell'Olmo, Marc ^a,b   Pérez, Katherine ^a,b   Kunst, Anton E ^c   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,d  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecological studies; Inequalities; Mortality; Urban population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749142651     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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