More variation in lifespan in lower educated groups: Evidence from 10 European countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1703-1714

  Van raalte, Alyson A ^a,b   Kunst, Anton E ^c   Deboosere, Patrick ^d   Leinsalu, Mall ^e,f   Lundberg, Olle ^g,h   Martikainen, Pekka ⁱ   Strand, Bjørn Heine ^j   Artnik, Barbara ^k   Wojtyniak, Bogdan ^l   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^l NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Education; International variation; Life expectancy; Lifespan variation; Mortality; Socio economic inequality

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH EDUCATION; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SURVIVAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CZECH REPUBLIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH;

EUROPE;

EID: 83455216213     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr146     Document Type: Article

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