Life expectancy of different ethnic groups using death records linked to population census data for 4.62 million people in Scotland

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1251-1254

  Gruer, Laurence ^a   Cézard, Geneviève ^a   Clark, Esta ^b   Douglas, Anne ^a   Steiner, Markus ^c   Millard, Andrew ^d   Buchanan, Duncan ^e   Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ^f   Sheikh, Aziz ^a   Bhopal, Raj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b National Museum of Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC MINORITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCOTLAND; SCOTSMAN;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84979695529     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2016-207426     Document Type: Article

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