Errors in postcode to enumeration district mapping and their effect on small area analyses of health data

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-330

  Collins, S E ^a,b   Haining, R P ^a,c   Bowns, I R ^a,d   Crofts, D J ^a   Williams, T S ^a   Rigby, A S ^a   Hall, D M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Sheffield Centre for Geographical Information and Spatial Analysis   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Geography ^*  (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deprivation; enumeration districts; postcodes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH VISITOR; HOME; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENSUSES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; POSTAL SERVICE; POVERTY AREAS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 0031720315     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024776     Document Type: Article

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