Association of socioeconomic status with overall and cause specific mortality in the Republic of Seychelles: results from a cohort study in the African region.

<h4>Background</h4>Low socioeconomic status (SES) is consistently associated with higher mortality in high income countries. Only few studies have assessed this association in low and middle income countries, mainly because of sparse reliable mortality data. This study explores SES diffe...

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Main Authors: Silvia Stringhini, Valentin Rousson, Bharathi Viswanathan, Jude Gedeon, Fred Paccaud, Pascal Bovet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25057938/?tool=EBI