Educational differences in mortality and the relative importance of different causes of death: A 7-year follow-up study of Spanish adults

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1151-1160

  Reques, Laura ^a   Giráldez García, Carolina ^b   Miqueleiz, Estrella ^c   Belza, María J ^a,d   Regidor, Enrique ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES; EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SUICIDE;

SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPAIN; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SPAIN;

EID: 84911021694     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204186     Document Type: Article

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