Widening social disparities in alcohol-attributable deaths among Korean men aged 40-59 years during the transitional period of the economic crisis (1995-2005)

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-527

  Shim, Eunyoung ^a   Cho, Youngtae ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcohol attributable mortality; Economic crisis; Korea; Men age 40 59 years; Socioeconomic disparity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880924918     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0456-3     Document Type: Article

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