Higher mortality in deprived areas: Community or personal disadvantage?

BMJ

Volumn 309, Issue 6967, 1994, Pages 1470-

  Sloggett, Andrew ^a   Joshi, Heather ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY AREAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028000327     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6967.1470     Document Type: Article

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