Socioeconomic variation in admission for diseases of female genital system and breast in a national cohort aged 15-43

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7009, 1995, Pages 840-

  Kuh, Diana ^a,b,c   Stirling, Susan ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c research scientist ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURETTAGE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029080993     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7009.840     Document Type: Article

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