British Thoracic Society   

The burden of lung disease.   (380k pdf file) Press Release   21 November
  "Lung disease overtakes coronary heart disease and cancer as major killer In UK "

  Lord Chancellor's Department  

Legal and Advice Services: A pathway out of social exclusion    16 November

  Department for Education and Skills 

GCSE/GNVQ and GCE A/AS/VCE/Advanced GNVQ Results for Young People in England: 2000-01 - Provisional 20 November

Secondary School Performance Tables: 2001  22 November

School and College (Post-16) Performance Tables: 2001 22 November

 National Statistics (ONS) 

Formerly known as The Britain Yearbook   21 November

  [includes] ... downloadable maps of many of the areas used for UK statistical production   updated 2 1 November

  15 November

  Health Development Agency 

Health Development Today Includes " Public health observatories - their achievements to date " and  Highlights from the regional health inequality workshops "  27 November 2001

 Department for Work and Pensions   

Families, Poverty, Work and Care: A Review of the Literature on Lone Parents and Low-Income Couple Families 28 November

  Home Office  

Excess winter deaths linked to temperatures in cold homes . Annabel Ferriman BMJ 2001;323 1207  [Full text]

Carers face poverty and isolation, report says [news item on CPAG report - full text] BMJ 2001;323:1089 ( 10 November )  
Download the final chapter of the book from CPAG site, including summary and conclusions and recommendations  (26KB pdf)

Leg length, insulin resistance, and coronary heart disease risk: The Caerphilly Study . G Davey Smith, R Greenwood, D Gunnell, P Sweetnam, J Yarnell, and P Elwood J Epidemiol Community Health 2001; 55: 867-872. [Abstract]

Are the effects of psychosocial exposures attributable to confounding? Evidence from a prospective observational study on psychological stress and mortality . J Macleod, G Davey Smith, P Heslop, C Metcalfe, D Carroll, and C Hart J Epidemiol Community Health 2001; 55: 878-884. [Abstract]

The socioeconomic status of older adults: How should we measure it in studies of health inequalities? E Grundy and G Holt J Epidemiol Community Health 2001; 55: 895-904. [Abstract]

  Recommended web site 

North and East Devon Health Forum
"Tackling inequalities in health through partnerships in North and East Devon"

  Book  notice 

Health inequalities: lifecourse approaches George Davey Smith , Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol . Studies in poverty, inequality and social exclusion series