Comparison of socio-economic indicators explaining inequalities in Healthy Life Years at age 50 in Europe: 2005 and 2010

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 978-983

  Fouweather, Tony ^a   Gillies, Clare ^b   Wohland, Pia ^a   Van Oyen, Herman ^c   Nusselder, Wilma ^d   Robine, Jean Marie ^e   Cambois, Emmanuelle ^f   Jagger, Carol ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e EHESS Sciences   (France)

^f Inst Natl des Etud D   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84949733703     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv070     Document Type: Article

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