title: Health decline in eastern Europe.
abstract: Large relative and absolute declines in health status in Central and Eastern Europe since the mid-1960s place the countries of this region at a considerable disadvantage as they strive to compete and participate in the new Europe.
authors.affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Feachem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality