Are cities becoming more unhealthy? An analysis of mortality rates in Belfast and Dublin between 1981 and 1991 to illustrate a methodological difficulty with ecological studies

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 354-355

  O'Reilly, D ^a   Browne, S ^a   Johnson, Z ^b   Kelly, A ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UCL Institute of Education   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; IRELAND; MORTALITY; POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0035051729     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.55.5.354     Document Type: Article

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1. Health action zones
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