Mortality inequalities: Scotland versus England and Wales

Health and Place

Volumn 23, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-186

  Campbell, Malcolm ^a   Ballas, Dimitris ^b   Dorling, Danny ^c   Mitchell, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Great Britain; Inequalities; Mortality; Public health

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

DEMOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; INEQUALITIES; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882730161     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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