Deprivation and cause specific morbidity: Evidence from the Somerset and Avon survey of health

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7026, 1996, Pages 287-292

  Eachus, Jenny ^a   Williams, Mark ^a   Chan, Philip ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Grainge, Matthew ^a   Donovan, Jenny ^a   Frankel, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CITY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPHYSEMA; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030071317     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7026.287     Document Type: Article

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