Geographical variation in life expectancy at birth in England and Wales is largely explained by deprivation

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-120

  Woods, Laura M ^a   Rachet, Bernard ^a   Riga, Michael ^a   Stone, Noell ^a   Shah, Anjali ^a   Coleman, Michel P ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; POVERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; REGISTRATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; SEX FACTORS; WALES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12344259475     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.013003     Document Type: Article

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