Inequalities in tuberculosis mortality: Long-term trends in 11 European countries

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 574-581

  Nagavci, B L ^a   De Gelder, R ^a   Martikainen, P ^b   Deboosere, P ^c   Bopp, M ^d   Rychtarkova, J ^e   Kalediene, R ^f   Leinsalu, M ^g,h   Mackenbach, J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^h SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Europe; Inequity; Socio economic; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE STANDARDISED MORTALITY RATE; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DENMARK; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUNGARY; LITHUANIA; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84963973922     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: 18157920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0658     Document Type: Article

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