Four Decades of Educational Inequalities in Hospitalization and Mortality among Older Swedes.
BACKGROUND:The inverse association between education and mortality has grown stronger the last decades in many countries. During the same period, gains in life expectancy have been concentrated to older ages; still, old-age mortality is seldom the focus of attention when analyzing trends in the educ...
Main Authors: | Jenny Torssander, Anders Ahlbom, Karin Modig |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2016-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4816523?pdf=render |
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