Neighborhood size and local geographic variation of health and social determinants

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ali, Mohammad ^a   Park, Jin Kyung ^a   Thiem, Vu Dinh ^b   Canh, Do Gia ^b   Emch, Michael ^c   Clemens, John D ^a  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 25444437257     PISSN: 1476072X     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-4-12     Document Type: Article

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