Have regional inequalities in life expectancy widened within the European Union between 1991 and 2008?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 357-363

  Richardson, Elizabeth A ^a   Pearce, Jamie ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b   Shortt, Niamh K ^a   Tunstall, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRENDS;

EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84901719639     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckt084     Document Type: Article

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