Urban-rural inequalities in ischemic heart disease in Scotland, 1981-1999

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-151

  Levin, Kate A ^a,b   Leyland, Alastair H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Mackenzie Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 29944431724     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.051193     Document Type: Article

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