Do all ethnic groups in New Zealand exhibit socio-economic mortality gradients?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 343-349

  Tobias, Martin ^a   Yeh, Li Chia ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 33748422673     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00847.x     Document Type: Article

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