Where do people live longer and shorter lives? An ecological study of old-age survival across 4404 small areas from 18 European countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 561-568

  Ribeiro, Ana Isabel ^a,b,c,d   Krainski, Elias Teixeira ^e,f   Carvalho, Marilia Sá ^g   de Pina, Maria de Fátima ^a,b,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INEB INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^h Brazil   (Brazil)

ⁱ STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CENSUS; FEMALE; GENDER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POVERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVORSHIP; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGED; ANDORRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MODEL; NETHERLANDS; POVERTY; SCANDINAVIA; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE; EUROPE; LONGEVITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

EUROPE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE STYLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84959441049     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206827     Document Type: Article

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