Commentary: Beyond urban-rural comparisons: Towards a life course approach to understanding health effects of urbanization

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 777-778

  Kinra, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOTE; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 4644235811     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh161     Document Type: Note

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