Commentary: Understanding it all—health, meta-theories, and mortality trends

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7072, 1996, Pages 1584-

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; LONGEVITY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030597413     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7072.1584     Document Type: Article

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