Twelve worlds: A geo-demographic comparison of global inequalities in mortality

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1002-1007

  Day, Peter ^a   Pearce, J ^a   Dorling, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEASLES VACCINATION; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54349094575     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.067702     Document Type: Article

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