Changing patterns of mortality in 25 European countries and their economic and political correlates, 1955-1989

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 811-823

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

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Democracy; Economic conditions; Europe; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLITICS; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMOCRACY; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; POLITICS;

EID: 84890490697     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-013-0509-7     Document Type: Article

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