Life expectancy gap between the Francophone majority and Anglophone minority of a Canadian population

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-38

  Auger, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Harper, Sam ^d   Barry, Amadou D ^a,e   Trempe, Normand ^a   Daniel, Mark ^b,c,f  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Language; Life expectancy; Mortality; Smoking; Tobacco; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MINORITY HEALTH; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857924018     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-011-9644-8     Document Type: Article

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