Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 8 , Pages 596-602 , August 2007

Socio-economic inequalities in health and service utilization in the London Borough of Newham

  • D.J. Pevalin

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Received 7 June 2006 ,Revised 7 December 2006 ,Accepted 7 December 2006.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00039-X

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.12.015

Public Health
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