Socio-economic predictors of mortality among diabetic people

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-310

  Forssas, Erja ^a   Manderbacka, Kristiina ^a   Arffman, Martti ^a   Keskimäki, Ilmo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861640643     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr044     Document Type: Article

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