A spatial analysis of the determinants of pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations in Ontario (1992-2001)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1636-1650

  Crighton, Eric J ^a   Elliott, Susan J ^b   Moineddin, Rahim ^c,d   Kanaroglou, Pavlos ^b   Upshur, Ross ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Determinants; Hospitalizations; Influenza; Pneumonia; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFLUENZA; NUMERICAL MODEL; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 33947318089     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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