The geography of the highest mortality areas in Spain: A striking cluster in the southwestern region of the country

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 280-281

  Benach, J ^a   Yasui, Y ^b   Martinez J M ^a   Borrell, C ^c   Pasarin M I ^c   Daponte, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 1542719742     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.001933     Document Type: Article

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