Smoking and the potential for reduction of inequalities in mortality in Europe

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 959-971

  Kulik, Margarete C ^a   Hoffmann, Rasmus ^a   Judge, Ken ^b   Looman, Caspar ^a   Menvielle, Gwenn ^c,d   Kulhánová, Ivana ^a   Toch, Marlen ^e   Östergren, Olof ^f   Martikainen, Pekka ^g   Borrell, Carme ^h   Rodríguez Sanz, Maica ^h   Bopp, Matthias ⁱ   Leinsalu, Mall ^j,k   Jasilionis, Domantas ^l   Eikemo, Terje A ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^h AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Inequalities; International variation; Modeling tool; Mortality; PAF; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EDUCATION; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84890548197     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9860-5     Document Type: Article

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