Cancer is overtaking cardiovascular disease as the main driver of socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: New Zealand (1981-99)

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-66

  Fawcett, J ^a   Blakely, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33846332068     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.044016     Document Type: Article

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