How can inequalities in mortality be reduced? A quantitative analysis of 6 risk factors in 21 european populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Eikemo, Terje A ^a,b   Hoffmann, Rasmus ^a   Kulik, Margarete C ^a   Kulhánová, Ivana ^a   Toch Marquardt, Marlen ^a,b   Menvielle, Gwenn ^c,d   Looman, Caspar ^a   Jasilionis, Domantas ^e   Martikainen, Pekka ^f   Lundberg, Olle ^g   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTONIA; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LITHUANIA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; POLAND; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84939151749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110952     Document Type: Article

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