The contribution of national disparities to international differences in mortality between the United States and 7 European countries

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e112-e119

  Van Hedel, Karen ^a   Avendano, Mauricio ^b,c   Berkman, Lisa F ^d   Bopp, Matthias ^e   Deboosere, Patrick ^f   Lundberg, Olle ^g   Martikainen, Pekka ^h   Menvielle, Gwenn ^i,j   Van Lenthe, Frank J ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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

^j SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924662413     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302344     Document Type: Article

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