Recent changes in the geography of social disparities in premature mortality in Québec

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1269-1281

  Pampalon, Robert ^a   Hamel, Denis ^a   Gamache, Philippe ^a  

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

Author keywords

Canada; Deprivation; Geography; Premature mortality; Qu bec; Social disparities; Time trends

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IMMIGRATION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; SMOKING;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CITY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; IMMIGRATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY AREAS; QUEBEC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 50449110855     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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