Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among men within Great Britain: Time trends and contributory causes

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 214-218

  Marang van De Mheen, Perla J ^a   Davey Smith, George ^b   Hart, Carole L ^c   Gunning Schepers, Louise J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY TRENDS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

UK;

EID: 0031977753     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.4.214     Document Type: Article

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