title: Commentary: N Eberstadt's 'The health crisis in the USSR' and sustainable mortality reversal in the post-Soviet space during communism and after.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Insitute for Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Str., 1 D-18057 Rostock, Germany. Shkolnikov@demogr.mpg.de
authors.forename: Vladimir M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Shkolnikov
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Leon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004467:Economics; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014586:USSR / Q000453:epidemiology