Bias measuring mortality gradients by occupational class in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1208, 2005, Pages

  Blakely, Tony ^a   Fawcett, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL CLASS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 17144389404     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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