Time trends of cause-specific mortality among resettlers in Germany, 1990 through 2009

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 289-298

  Kaucher, Simone ^a   Leier, Valentina ^b   Deckert, Andreas ^a   Holleczek, Bernd ^c   Meisinger, Christa ^d,e   Winkler, Volker ^a   Becher, Heiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Cohort study; Former Soviet Union; Germany; Migrants; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MIGRANT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TIME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015701348     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-017-0240-4     Document Type: Article

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