Modelling inequality in reported long term illness in the UK: Combining individual and area characteristics

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 366-376

  Shouls, Susanna ^a   Congdon, Peter ^a   Curtis, Sarah ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029949350     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.3.366     Document Type: Article

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