Mortality differentials by immigrant groups in Sweden: The contribution of socioeconomic position

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 686-695

  Rostila, Mikael ^a   Fritzell, Johan ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84896501594     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301613     Document Type: Article

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