A comparison of health inequalities in urban and rural Scotland.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on September 22, 2005

Authors

Kate A Levin1, Alastair H Leyland

Author Affiliations

1: University of Dundee, Dundee, UK. k.levin@chs.dundee.ac.uk

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