Ethnic groups and our healthier nation: Whither the information base?

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-132

  Aspinall, Peter J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Hospital episode statistics; Inequalities; Our healthier nation; Social exclusion

Indexed keywords

CANCER REGISTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL WORK; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0033036412     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.2.125     Document Type: Review

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