Mortality patterns in the Russian Federation: indirect technique using widowhood data

• Main Authors: Bobak Martin (Author), Murphy Michael (Author), Pikhart Hynek (Author), Martikainen Pekka (Author), Rose Richard (Author), Marmot Michael (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: The Russian mortality crisis of the early 1990s attracted considerable attention, but information on possible covariates of mortality is lacking, and concerns have been raised about the validity of official mortality data. To help elucidate the determinants of mortality, we examined wheth...