Male mortality differentials by socio-economic group in Ireland

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 803-809

  O'Shea, Eamon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Inequality; Ireland; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY RATE; SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITY;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS;

IRELAND;

EID: 0030857679     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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