Mortality in Belarus, Lithuania, and Russia: Divergence in recent trends and possible explanations;La mortalité en Biélorussie, Lituanie et Russie: Divergence dans les tendances récentes et explications possibles

European Journal of Population

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-274

  Grigoriev, Pavel ^a   Shkolnikov, Vladimir ^a   Andreev, Evgueni ^a   Jasilionis, Domantas ^a   Jdanov, Dmitri ^a   Meslé, France ^b   Vallin, Jacques ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Belarus; Causes of death; Lithuania; Market reforms; Mortality trends; Russia; Socioeconomic changes

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECONOMIC REFORM; MARKET SYSTEM; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

BELARUS; LITHUANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77954711617     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-010-9210-1     Document Type: Article

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