Democratization and life expectancy in Europe, 1960-2008

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-175

  Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Hu, Yannan ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Democracy; Europe; Fixed effects models; Life expectancy; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; DISEASE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; POLITICAL REFORM; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BALKAN PENINSULA; BELARUS; BREAST CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LATVIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PORTUGAL; ROMANIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOCRACY; EUROPE; FIXED EFFECTS MODELS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOCRACY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE; GREECE; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84881022624     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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