A multilevel model of sudden infant death syndrome in England and Wales

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 629-640

  Langford, I H ^a,b   Bentham, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION PATTERN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; MODELLING APPROACH; MULTILEVEL MODELLING; POPULATION MIXING; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INFECTIONS; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIONS; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; MIGRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; METHODS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; WALES;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0030783104     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a290629     Document Type: Article

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