Deprivation and mortality in Scotland, 1981 and 1991

BMJ

Volumn 309, Issue 6967, 1994, Pages 1465-

  Mcloone, Philip ^a   Boddy, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POVERTY; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028092098     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.309.6967.1465     Document Type: Article

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