International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:1126-1128
© International Epidemiological Association 2001
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Commentary: Education, education, education
Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College London, 1–19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK. E-mail: e.brunner@ucl.ac.uk
There is no doubt that, broadly within a given society, poorer education is linked with poorer health. The research question is why this linkage exists, and having gained an understanding of the mechanisms, to examine what is to be done about it at policy level. Kilander et al.'s new analysis1 of 25-year mortality of men born 1920–1924 in Uppsala, Sweden, provides further valuable evidence for the education-health association, and focuses on the role of lifestyle factors as mediators between level of education and elevated risks of coronary and cancer death. Compared with those who completed high school or university education, men who had 
7 years of schooling were more
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