Area variation in mortality in Tasmania (Australia): The contributions of socioeconomic disadvantage, social capital and geographic remoteness

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-305

  Turrell, Gavin ^a   Kavanagh, Anne ^b   Subramanian, S V ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Mortality; Social capital; Socioeconomic disadvantage

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 33644954976     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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