Estimates of ethnic mortality in the uk

Working Paper of the University of Leeds, School of Geography

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1-122

  Rees, Phil ^a   Wohland, Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Estimates; Ethnicity; Local Authorities; Mortality; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Standardized Illness Ratios; Standardized Mortality Ratios; United Kingdom; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960682742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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