Socioeconomic differences in the use of ill-defined causes of death in 16 European countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kulhánová, Ivana ^a   Menvielle, Gwenn ^b,c   Bopp, Matthias ^d   Borrell, Carme ^e   Deboosere, Patrick ^f   Eikemo, Terje A ^a,g   Hoffmann, Rasmus ^a   Leinsalu, Mall ^h,i   Martikainen, Pekka ^j   Regidor, Enrique ^k   Rodríguez Sanz, Maica ^e   Rychtaříková, Jitka ^l   Wojtyniak, Bogdan ^m   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^h SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^k UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^l CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^m NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Data quality; Education; Europe; Ill defined causes of death; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL BIAS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84924322842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1295     Document Type: Article

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