A study of infant mortality in Greenwich: A comparison of the infant mortality rates of wards within Greenwich after allowance for deprivation

Health and Place

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-238

  Saunders, Jean ^a   Fox, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrected mortality rates; Infant mortality; Low socioeconomic status; Relative and absolute deprivation; Unemployment; Young parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROWDING; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030561406     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1353-8292(96)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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