Wealth, health and frailty in industrial-era London

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 241-254

  DeWitte, Sharon N ^a   Hughes Morey, Gail ^b   Bekvalac, Jelena ^c   Karsten, Jordan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Russell Sage College   (United States)

^c MUSEUM OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard analysis; industrialization; paleodemography; socioeconomic status; survival and mortality differentials

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DIET; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKELETAL REMAINS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969902830     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2015.1020873     Document Type: Article

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