Socioeconomic differentials in cause-specific mortality among 1.4 million South Korean public servants and their dependents

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 632-638

  Jung Choi, K ^a   Khang, Y H ^a,b   Cho, H J ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANCER; DATA SET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MAGNITUDE; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 79960281668     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.100651     Document Type: Article

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