Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 9 , Pages 955-963 , September 2000

Education, aging, and health: to what extent can the rise in educational level relieve the future health (care) burden associated with population aging in the Netherlands?

  • I.M.A Joung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Inez M. A. Joung, PhD, Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 10 408 8268; fax: +31 10 4089449.
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  • A.E Kunst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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  • E van Imhoff

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague, Netherlands
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  • J.P Mackenbach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Received 21 April 1999 ,Accepted 22 December 1999.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 53, Issue 9 , Pages 955-963 , September 2000