Comparing health inequality in men and women: prospective study of mortality 1986-96.

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Published in BMJ on May 13, 2000

Authors

A Sacker1, D Firth, R Fitzpatrick, K Lynch, M Bartley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College London( )Medical School, London WC1E 6BT.

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