Understanding population health: lessons from the former Soviet Union

The USSR came to an end in 1991, after almost 75 years ofexistence. Over the preceding • decade, it had become apparent that, in terms of health, the USSR had been a failure. Life expectancy was steadily declining, at a time when life expectancy in the west had been increasing rapidly. After the...

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Main Author: McKee, Clifford Martin
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.485055