Does the variation in the socioeconomic characteristics of an area affect mortality?

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7037, 1996, Pages 1013-1014

  Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^a   White, Ian R ^b   Marmot, Michael ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0029870582     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7037.1013     Document Type: Article

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