Deprivation and mortality in non-metropolitan areas of England and Wales

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 524-526

  Jessop, E G ^a  

^a Ridgewood Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY RATE; NON-METROPOLITAN AREA; SOCIAL DEPRIVATION; STANDARD MORTALITY RATIO;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0029660473     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.5.524     Document Type: Article

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