Differences in risk of mortality under 1 year of age between rural and urban areas: An ecological study

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 442-447

  Guildea, Z E S ^a   Fone, D L ^a   Dunstan, F D ^a   Cartlidge, P H T ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological study; Infant mortality; Rural health; Social deprivation

Indexed keywords

INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIAL STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STILLBIRTH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; WALES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14944342279     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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