Is there a 'Scottish effect' for mortality? Prospective observational study of census linkage studies

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-458

  Popham, Frank ^a   Boyle, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mortality; socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CENSUSES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 80052302771     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr023     Document Type: Article

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