Soviet growth from 1960 to 1989 was the worst in the world after we control for investment
and human capital; the relative performance worsens over time. There is some evidence that …

This paper examines the social origins of the rise in adult mortality in Russia and selected
Eastern European countries. Three explanations for this trend are considered:(1) Soviet …

For the first time, life expectancy is declining in an industrialized society. In this pioneering
work, William C. Cockerham examines the social causes of the decline in life expectancy …

Many observers, including several of the authors of earlier chapters in this volume, have
noted the recent dramatic rise in mortality in Russia. This problem has political significance …

This article uses anthropometric and archival data to reassess the standard of living in the
Soviet Union. In the prewar period, the population was small in stature and sensitive to the …

BACKGROUND: Although mortality from conditions amenable to medical intervention has
frequently been shown to be higher in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CCEE) …

The striking increase in mortality rates in Russia in the early 1990s occurred simultaneously
with the government's erratic attempts to introduce market reforms. Other transition …

Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Belarus, Lithuania, and Russia were quite
comparable in terms of their socioeconomic development. Despite some differences in …

In this review we examine an area of medical geography which has received relatively little
research attention: the analysis of variations in health policy and health status at the national …

Cancer epidemiology in the former USSR began in the mid-1950s. In the following decades,
there were numerous achievements in epidemiologic thought and practice in many …