Mortality variation by birth region and ethnicity: An illustration based on the finnish population register

Human Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Saarela, Jan ^a   Finnäs, Fjalar ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Finland; Ischemic heart disease; Population register; Regional mortality variation; Swedish speaking Finns

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952994164     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.082.0102     Document Type: Article

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