Mortality and socioeconomic deprivation in census tracts of an urban setting in Southern Europe

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-236

  Domínguez Berjón, M Felícitas ^a,d   Borrell, Carme ^b   López, Rosario ^c   Pastor, Vicente ^c  

^a Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Servicio Salud Pública Área 2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Census; Health inequalities; Mortality; Small areas; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 24044436801     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti047     Document Type: Article

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