Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality rates in old age in the world health organization Europe region

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-97

  Huisman, Martijn ^a,b   Read, Sanna ^c   Towriss, Catriona A ^c   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Grundy, Emily ^c,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aged; Europe; mortality; social class; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84874455783     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: 14786729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxs010     Document Type: Article

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