Increasing geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980-2001

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 597-603

  Pearce, Jamie ^a   Dorling, Danny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical polarization; Health inequality; Life expectancy; New Zealand; Slope index of inequality

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; HEALTH CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33745606041     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl013     Document Type: Article

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