A case-control analysis of socio-economic and marital status differentials in alcohol- and non-alcohol-related mortality among working-age Russian males

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 569-575

  Pridemore, William Alex ^a   Tomkins, Susannah ^b   Eckhardt, Krista ^a   Kiryanov, Nikolay ^c   Saburova, Lyudmila ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IZHEVSK STATE MEDICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

^d Social Technologies Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

case control studies; health inequalities; mortality; Russia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; RUSSIA; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 77957367741     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq019     Document Type: Article

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