The UPA (underprivileged area) score and mortality in Swedish municipalities

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Sundquist, Jan ^a   Bajekal, Madhavi ^b   Johansson, Sven Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological study; Social deprivation; Standardized mortality ratio; UPA score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; NORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030657736     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813439709035029     Document Type: Article

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