Cause-specific mortality by education in Canada: A 16-year follow-up study

Health Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Tjepkema, Michael ^a   Wilkins, Russell ^b   Long, Andrea ^c  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age standardized mortality rates; Rate differences; Rate ratios; Socio economic inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872858847     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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