Widening social inequalities in mortality: The case of Barcelona, a southern European city

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 659-667

  Borrell, Carme ^a   Plasència, Antoni ^a   Pasarin, Isabel ^a   Ortún, Vicente ^b  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY INEQUALITY; POPULATION MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

BARCELONA; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0031453345     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.6.659     Document Type: Article

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