Similar but different: Health and economic crisis in 1990s Cuba and Russia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1489-1498

  Borowy, Iris ^a  

^a EHESS Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

Cuba; Economic crisis; Gender; Mortality; Public health; Russia; Social capital

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUBA; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RUSSIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

CUBA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 79955523042     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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