Quantifying inequality in health in the absence of a natural reference group

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-122

  Feveile, Helene ^a   Mikkelsen, Kim Lyngby ^a   Hannerz, Harald ^a   Olsen, Ole ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Excess fraction; Inequality; Monte Carlo simulation; Pearson statistic

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXCESS FRACTION; INEQUALITY; PEARSON STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

HEALTH AND DISEASE; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 33745984890     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.022     Document Type: Article

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