Increased excess deaths in urban areas: Quantification of geographical variation in mortality in Japan, 1973-1998

Health Policy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-244

  Fukuda, Yoshiharu ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^a   Takano, Takehito ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excess deaths; Geographical variation; Health inequality; Health policy; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1942485275     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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