Educational inequalities in diabetes mortality across Europe in the 2000s: the interaction with gender

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 401-410

  Vandenheede, Hadewijch ^a,b   Deboosere, Patrick ^a   Espelt, Albert ^c   Bopp, Matthias ^d   Borrell, Carme ^c   Costa, Giuseppe ^e   Eikemo, Terje Andreas ^f   Gnavi, Roberto ^e,g   Hoffmann, Rasmus ^b   Kulhanova, Ivana ^b   Kulik, Margarete ^b,h   Leinsalu, Mall ^i,j   Martikainen, Pekka ^k   Menvielle, Gwenn ^l,m   Rodriguez Sanz, Maica ^c   Rychtarikova, Jitka ⁿ   Mackenbach, Johan P ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g Local Health Agency of Collegno and Pinerolo   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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

^m SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

ⁿ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Education; Europe; Gender; Inequalities

Indexed keywords

DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84939965504     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0669-8     Document Type: Article

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