Age, sex, material deprivation and respiratory mortality

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1282-1285

  Jordan, Rachel ^a,b   Verlander, Neville ^c   Olowokure, Babatunde ^a,b   Hawker, Jeremy I ^d  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Statistics Commission   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Deprivation; Ecological study; Mortality; Respiratory infection; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33744508894     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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