Open AccessThe Contribution of Specific Diseases to Educational Disparities in Disability-Free Life Expectancy
Author(s) -
Wilma Nusselder,
Caspar W.N. Looman,
Johan P. Mackenbach,
Martijn Huisman,
Herman Van Oyen,
Patrick Deboosere,
Sylvie Gadeyne,
Anton E. Kunst
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.054700
Subject(s) - medicine , life expectancy , asthma , public health , copd , gerontology , demography , disease , population , multimorbidity , years of potential life lost , environmental health , psychiatry , nursing , sociology
We examined the contribution that specific diseases, as causes of both death and disability, make to educational disparities in disability-free life expectancy (DFLE).