Patterns of mortality in second generation Irish living in England and Wales: Longitudinal study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7043, 1996, Pages 1389-1392

  Harding, S ^a,c   Balarajan, R ^b  

^a Off of Pop Censuses and Surveys   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INJURY; INTOXICATION; IRELAND; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029928965     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7043.1389     Document Type: Article

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