Underprivileged area score, ethnicity, social factors and general mortality in district health authorities in England and Wales

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-85

  Sundquist, Jan ^a   Bajekal, Madhavi ^b   Jarman, Brian ^b   Johansson, Sven Erik ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Imperial College of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^c STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ethnicity; overcrowding; standardized mortality ratio; unemployment; UPA score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029929012     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813439608997075     Document Type: Article

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