Defining the 'urban' in urbanization and health: A factor analysis approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-70

  McDade, Thomas W ^a   Adair, Linda S ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Rural population; Urban health; Urban population; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHILIPPINES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0034999202     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00313-0     Document Type: Article

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