Small socio-economic differences in mortality in Spanish older people

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-85

  Regidor, Enrique ^a,b   Kunst, Anton E ^c   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^b,d   MacKenbach, Johan P ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

EID: 84856450768     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr051     Document Type: Article

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