Regional mortality and the Irish in Britain: Findings from the ONS longitudinal study

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 344-367

  Williams, Rory ^a   Ecob, Russell ^b  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Irish in Britain; Mortality; Multilevel modelling; ONS Longitudinal Study; Regional economic history; Religious and political divisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033121379     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00160     Document Type: Article

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