Inequality among men in standardised years of potential life lost, 1970-93
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Inequality among men in standardised years of potential life lost, 1970-93.
We used population data from the 10% sample of each relevant census. This sample is coded to the registrar general’s social classification. Only men aged 20-64 years were included because many men outside this age range could not be allocated to a social class. Deaths by age and social class for 1970-2, 1979-80 and 1982-3, and 1991-3 (used in decennial supplements to the census 1, 6, 15) come f...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7153.255