Exploring rural health inequalities at a local scale: The case of Portneuf, Québec

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-148

  Pampalon, Robert ^a   Lebel, Alexandre ^a   Hamel, Denis ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health status indicators; Rural health; Small area analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249662230     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404327     Document Type: Article

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