Mind the gap - Reaching the European target of a 2-year increase in healthy life years in the next decade

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 829-833

  Jagger, Carol ^a   McKee, Martin ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^c   Lagiewka, Karolina ^d   Nusselder, Wilma ^e   Van Oyen, Herman ^f   Cambois, Emmanuelle ^g   Jeune, Bernard ^c   Robine, Jean Marie ^h  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^h EHESS Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84884994763     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt030     Document Type: Article

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