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Variations in relative health inequalities: are they a mathematical artefact?Terje A Eikemo
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, P, O, Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Int J Equity Health 8:32. 2009..abstract:..
Educational level and stroke mortality: a comparison of 10 European populations during the 1990sMauricio Avendano
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, Netherlands
Stroke 35:432-7. 2004..This study estimates the magnitude of differences in stroke mortality by educational level among men and women aged >or=30 years in 10 European populations during the 1990s...
Health disadvantage in US adults aged 50 to 74 years: a comparison of the health of rich and poor Americans with that of EuropeansMauricio Avendano
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Public Health 99:540-8. 2009..We compared the health of older US, English, and other European adults, stratified by wealth...
Disparities in stroke preventive care in general practice did not explain socioeconomic disparities in strokeM Avendano
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Clin Epidemiol 59:1285-94. 2006..To assess socioeconomic disparities in stroke incidence and in the quality of preventive care for stroke in the Netherlands...
Blood glucose levels: facing a global crisisMauricio Avendano
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, 3000 CA Rotterdam, Netherlands
Lancet 368:1631-2. 2006
Socioeconomic status and stroke incidence in the US elderly: the role of risk factors in the EPESE studyMauricio Avendano
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Stroke 37:1368-73. 2006..This study assesses the effect of socioeconomic status on stroke incidence in the elderly, and the contribution of risk factors to stroke disparities...
Socioeconomic status and ischaemic heart disease mortality in 10 western European populations during the 1990sM Avendano
Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Heart 92:461-7. 2006..To assess the association between socioeconomic status and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in 10 western European populations during the 1990s...
Trends in socioeconomic disparities in stroke mortality in six european countries between 1981-1985 and 1991-1995M Avendano
Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam 3000 DR, The Netherlands
Am J Epidemiol 161:52-61. 2005..Socioeconomic disparities in stroke mortality generally persisted and may have widened in some populations, which fact underlines the need to improve preventive and secondary care for stroke among the lower socioeconomic groups...
Stroke disparities in older Americans: is wealth a more powerful indicator of risk than income and education?Mauricio Avendano
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Stroke 39:1533-40. 2008..This study examines the independent effect of wealth, income, and education on stroke and how these disparities evolve throughout middle and old age in a representative cohort of older Americans...
Childhood social class and cancer incidence: results of the globe studyInge M C M de Kok
Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 66:1131-9. 2008..The association between childhood SEP and cancer incidence is less consistent than the association between adult SEP and cancer incidence, but may exist for colorectal cancer and basal cell carcinoma...
Invited commentary: the search for explanations of the American health disadvantage relative to the EnglishMauricio Avendano
Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Room AE 104, P O Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Epidemiol 173:866-9. 2011..The authors argue that broadening the scope of their inquiry to include the social and policy contexts of nations might help to solve the puzzle of the US health disadvantage...
The contribution of job characteristics to socioeconomic inequalities in incidence of myocardial infarctionMartijn Huisman
Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 66:2240-52. 2008..The results of this study point toward education as being the stronger predictor of hospital admitted MI, compared to occupational position and job characteristics, in the Dutch working population...
The impact of ill health on exit from paid employment in Europe among older workersTilja van den Berg
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Occup Environ Med 67:845-52. 2010..To determine the impact of ill health on exit from paid employment in Europe among older workers...
Reducing inequalities in lung cancer incidence through smoking policiesIsabelle Soerjomataram
Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Lung Cancer 73:268-73. 2011..We assessed the magnitude and time dimension of potential impact of targeted interventions on smoking on socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer...
The impact of increasing health insurance coverage on disparities in mortality: health care reform in Colombia, 1998-2007Ivan Arroyave
Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Am J Public Health 103:e100-6. 2013..We examined the impact of expanding health insurance coverage on socioeconomic disparities in total and cardiovascular disease mortality from 1998 to 2007 in Colombia...
Correlation or causation? Income inequality and infant mortality in fixed effects models in the period 1960-2008 in 34 OECD countriesMauricio Avendano
London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Health and Social Care, London, UK
Soc Sci Med 75:754-60. 2012..Findings highlight the need to examine the impact of more specific social policies on infant mortality...
Measuring pain: issues of interpretationMauricio Avendano
Lancet 372:443; author reply 443-4. 2008
Obesity doesn't explain U.S.-Europe disparitiesMauricio Avendano
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:298. 2008
Smoking and inequalitiesMauricio Avendano
Lancet 368:1417-8. 2006
