Socio-economic mortality differentials in Sydney over a quarter of a century, 1970-94

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-317

  Hayes, Lillian J ^a   Quine, Susan ^b   Taylor, Richard ^b   Berry, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036676185     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00177.x     Document Type: Article

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