Educational inequalities in mortality in northern, mid and southern Italy and the contribution of smoking

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 603-609

  Federico, Bruno ^a,b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b   Eikemo, Terje A ^b   Sebastiani, Gabriella ^c   Marinacci, Chiara ^d   Costa, Giuseppe ^e   Kunst, Anton E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^d Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AREA;

ITALY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84885373553     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201716     Document Type: Article

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