“I'm all right, John”: Voting patterns and mortality in England and Wales, 1981-92

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7072, 1996, Pages 1573-

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Dorling, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE;

ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POLITICS; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 0030463811     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7072.1573     Document Type: Article

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