The exposure fallacy: Migration, mobility and ecological analysis of health status in Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-58

  Houghton, Frank ^a   Kelleher, Kevin ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b MWHB   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ecological analysis; Exposure; Migration; Mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344482823     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750770309555811     Document Type: Article

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