Sociodemographic variables for general practices: use of census data.

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Published in BMJ on May 27, 1995

Authors

F A Majeed1, D G Cook, J Poloniecki, J Griffiths, C Stones

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London.

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