Impact of definition on the study of avoidable mortality: Geographical trends in British deaths 1981-1998 using Charlton and Holland's definitions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1443-1456

  French, Katherine Meriel ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidable mortality; Definition; Geography; Great Britain; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 32044452915     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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