Levels of mortality, education, and social conditions in the 107 local education authority areas of England

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-17

  Morris, J N ^a   Blane, D B ^b   White, I R ^a  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; GOVERNMENT; INFANT MORTALITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030047227     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.1.15     Document Type: Article

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