Ten years of German unification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23155446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen Nolte (0000-0002-2289-117X, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 321 |
| Issue | 7269 |
| Pages | 1094-1095 |
| Publication date | 2000-11-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1447 • E-ISSN: 0267-0623 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1094 |
| PMID | 11061719 |
| OpenAlex | W1969621513 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
Ten years ago last month the postwar division of Germany came to an end. Less than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the two halves of Germany became a single state. In a decade during which Europe was characterised by immense social and political transition, the experience of the people of the former German Democratic Republic was unique. Institutions and policies developed over 45 years of communist rule were swept away almost at once. Although neighbouring countries, such as Poland and the Czech Republic, underwent rapid change, none could compete with the scale of the East German transition. It would be surprising if social and economic transition on this scale had not had an impact on the health of those living in the former East Germany. Ten years on, it is beginning to be possible to assess what this impact has been. The scenes in Berlin on the night the wall fell testify to the initial euphoria ...
Archaeology · Data science · German · Programming language · Unification · Computer Science · European history and politics · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Medical History and Research
Governance in Contemporary Germany
Industrial Relations
Social Policy
Economic Policy Management
Health Convergence Between East and West Germany as Reflected in Long-Term Cause-Specific Mortality Trends
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in East and West German children in the decade after reunification
Berliners' Models of Heart Disease Causation
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2017 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |