A population-based study on mortality among Belgian immigrants during the first COVID-19 wave in Belgium. Can demographic and socioeconomic indicators explain differential mortality?
Introduction: Belgium has noted a significant excess mortality during the first COVID-19 wave. Research in other countries has shown that people with migrant origin are disproportionally affected. Belgium has an ethnically diverse and increasingly ageing population and is therefore particularly apt...
Main Authors: | Katrien Vanthomme, Sylvie Gadeyne, Patrick Lusyne, Hadewijch Vandenheede |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-06-01
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Series: | SSM: Population Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827321000720 |
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