Postcode lotteries in public health - The NHS health checks programme in North West London

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Graley, Clare E M ^a   May, Katherine F ^a   McCoy, David C ^a  

^a NHS Inner North West London ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 80053343404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-738     Document Type: Article

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