Social and geographic inequalities in premature adult mortality in Japan: A multilevel observational study from 1970 to 2005

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Suzuki, Etsuji ^a   Kashima, Saori ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c   Subramanian, S V ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; WORKER;

EID: 84860125364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000425     Document Type: Article

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