Social class mortality differences in Maori and non-Maori men aged 15-64 during the last two decades

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1150, 2002, Pages 127-131

  Sporle, Andrew ^a   Pearce, Neil ^b   Davis, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTRATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0037155970     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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