Trends in life expectancy by income from 1988 to 2007: Decomposition by age and cause of death

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 573-578

  Tarkiainen, Lasse ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Valkonen, Tapani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

FINLAND;

EID: 84864024949     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.123182     Document Type: Article

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