Socio-economic inequalities in cause-specific mortality: A 16-year follow-up study

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Tjepkema, Michael ^a   Wilkins, Russell ^b   Long, Andrea ^c  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada epidemiology; Mortality; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADA/EPIDEMIOLOGY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

CANADA/EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84893406749     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.104.4075     Document Type: Article

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