Avoidable mortality in Estonia: Exploring the differences in life expectancy between Estonians and non-Estonians in 2005-2007

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 754-762

  Baburin, A ^a,b   Lai, T ^c   Leinsalu, M ^d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol and health; Avoidable deaths; Eastern Europe; Ethnic minorities; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL CHANGE; POST-COMMUNISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESTONIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEMPORARY LIFE EXPECTANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ESTONIA;

EID: 81255135996     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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