Grim up North or Northern grit? Recessions and the English spatial health divide (1991-2010)

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-39

  Copeland, Alison ^a   Kasim, Adetayo ^a   Bambra, Clare ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

economics; North South divide; public health; recessions; social determinants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924348564     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdu019     Document Type: Article

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