Cross sectional analysis of mortality by country of birth in england and wales, 1970-92

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7082, 1997, Pages 705-

  Wild, Sarah ^a   Mckeigue, Paul ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0031047332     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7082.705     Document Type: Article

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