Commentary: What explains widening geographic differences in life expectancy in New Zealand?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 604-606

  Harper, Sam ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NOTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745622125     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl099     Document Type: Note

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