Social differences in health in an affluent Danish county

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-292

  Klebak, Sören ^a   Osler, Merete ^b  

^a Copenhagen County and Frederiksberg ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cancer incidence; health services use; mortality; social conditions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DENMARK; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 21544452537     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948980260041001     Document Type: Article

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