Comparing health inequality in men and women: Prospective study of mortality 1986-96

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7245, 2000, Pages 1303-1307

  Sacker, Amanda ^a   Firth, David ^b   Fitzpatrick, Ray ^c   Lynch, Kevin ^d   Bartley, Mel ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034643735     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7245.1303     Document Type: Article

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