Have geographical inequalities in cause-specific mortality in New Zealand increased during the period 1980-2001?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1281, 2008, Pages 15-27

  Pearce, Jamie ^a   Tisch, Catherine ^b   Barnett, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 53049086900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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