Inequalities in the transition of ischaemic heart disease mortality in New South Wales, Australia, 1969-1994

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1209-1222

  Burnley, I H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiological transition; Occupational and marital status differentials; Populations at risk; Spatial variations

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0031709682     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00064-1     Document Type: Article

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