Health inequalities among rural and urban inhabitants of Łódź province, Poland

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 723-731

  Maniecka Bryla, Irena ^a   Pikala, Malgorzata ^a   Bryla, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cause of deaths; City dwellers; Health inequalities; Inhabitants of the countryside; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTOXICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLAND; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD EXPECTED YEAR OF LIFE LOST; TREND STUDY; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; POLAND; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84871550057     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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