Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 9 , Pages 487-495 , September 2010

It's not ‘just deprivation’: Why do equally deprived UK cities experience different health outcomes?

  • D. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow G2 4DL, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 141 287 6742; fax: +44 141 287 6955.
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  • N. Bendel

      Affiliations

    • NHS Manchester/Manchester Joint Health Unit, Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • R. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Liverpool Primary Care Trust, Liverpool, UK
    • ,
  • P. Hanlon

      Affiliations

    • University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Received 2 January 2010 ,Revised 20 January 2010 ,Accepted 9 February 2010.

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PII: S0033-3506(10)00033-8

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.02.006

Public Health
Volume 124, Issue 9 , Pages 487-495 , September 2010

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