Shrinking areas and mortality: An artefact of deprivation effects?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 924-926

  Exeter, Daniel J ^a   Feng, Z ^a   Flowerdew, Robin ^a   Boyle, Paul J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Social Dimensions of Health Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CENSUSES; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY AREAS; SCOTLAND; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 27344442447     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.032151     Document Type: Article

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