Shrinking areas and mortality: An artefact of deprivation effects in the West of Scotland?

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 399-401

  Exeter, Daniel J ^a   Boyle, Paul J ^b,c   Feng, Zhiqiang ^b   Boyle, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Health Boards; Mortality; Population change; West of Scotland

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54549084602     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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