Socioeconomic inequalities in all-cause mortality in the Czech Republic, Russia, Poland and Lithuania in the 2000s: Findings from the HAPIEE study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 297-303

  Vandenheede, Hadewijch ^a,b   Vikhireva, Olga ^a   Pikhart, Hynek ^a   Kubinova, Ruzena ^c   Malyutina, Sofia ^d,e   Pajak, Andrzej ^f   Tamosiunas, Abdonas ^g   Peasey, Anne ^a   Simonova, Galina ^d   Topor Madry, Roman ^f   Marmot, Michael ^a   Bobak, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e NOVOSIBIRSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^g LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BASELINE SURVEY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CRACOW; CZECH REPUBLIC; KAUNAS; LITHUANIA; MALOPOLSKIE; NOVOSIBIRSK; POLAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEPRIVATION; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INEQUALITIES; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

DEPRIVATION; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATION; INEQUALITIES; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CZECH REPUBLIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84896691756     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203057     Document Type: Article

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