Ethnic differences in diabetes-related mortality in the Brussels-Capital Region (2001-05): The role of socioeconomic position

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 533-539

  Vandenheede, Hadewijch ^a,c   Lammens, Lies ^a   Deboosere, Patrick ^a   Gadeyne, Sylvie ^a,c   De Spiegelaere, Myriam ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b Brussels Capital Health and Social Observatory   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diabetes related mortality; Education; Ethnicity; Housing status; Inequality; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; BELGIUM; CENSUSES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 80955166323     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0235-y     Document Type: Article

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