Rural habitat and risk of death in small areas of Southern Spain

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1352-1362

  Ocaña Riola, Ricardo ^a   Sánchez Cantalejo, Carmen ^a   Fernández Ajuria, Alberto ^a  

^a ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Mortality; Rural health; Small area analysis; Socioeconomic factors; Southern Spain

Indexed keywords

HABITAT; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MORTALITY RISK; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33745871589     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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