Geographic disparity in premature mortality in Ontorio, 1992-1996

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Altmayer, Chris A ^a   Hutchison, Brian G ^a   Torrance Rynard, Vicki L ^a   Hurley, Jeremiah ^a   Birch, Stephen ^a   Eyles, John D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Ontario; Premature mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042624680     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-2-7     Document Type: Article

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