Social inequalities in total and cause-specific mortality of a sample of the Italian population, from 1999 to 2007

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 582-587

  Marinacci, Chiara ^a   Grippo, Francesco ^b   Pappagallo, Marilena ^b   Sebastiani, Gabriella ^b   Demaria, Moreno ^c   Vittori, Patrizia ^d   Caranci, Nicola ^e   Costa, Giuseppe ^f  

^a Local Health Unit ASL TO3   (Italy)

^b Regional Directorate for Lombardy Italy   (Italy)

^c Centre for Epidemiology and Environmental Health Agency for Environment Protection Piedmont   (Italy)

^d Regional Unit of Epidemiology and Social Policies   (Italy)

^e Regional Health Care and Social Agency   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; ARTICLE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880907937     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks184     Document Type: Article

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