Are socioeconomic inequalities in mortality decreasing or increasing within some British regions? An observational study, 1990-1998

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 208-214

  Rees, Philip ^a   Brown, Dominic ^b   Norman, Paul ^c   Dorling, Daniel ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimation methods; Inequalities; Mortality; Population estimates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0141929308     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdg055     Document Type: Article

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