Changing trends of diseases in Eastern Europe: Closing the gap

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 248-252

  Zatonski, W A ^a,b   Bhala, N ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CVD; Premature mortality; West East health gap

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENS HEALTH; MORTALITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; EASTERN EUROPE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; RUSSIA;

EASTERN EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84858155392     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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