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Do patients who die from an alcohol-related condition ‘drift’ into areas of greater deprivation? Alcohol-related mortality and health selection theory in Scotland

BACKGROUND: Health selection has been proposed to explain the patterning of alcohol-related mortality by area deprivation. This study investigated whether persons who die from alcohol-related conditions are more likely to experience social drift than those who die from other causes. METHODS: Deaths...

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Autores principales: Pulford, Andrew, Gordon, Ruth, Graham, Lesley, Lewsey, James, McCartney, Gerry, Robinson, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5800349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29217645
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-209790