Czech socio-economic deprivation index and its correlation with mortality data

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-273

  Šlachtová, Hana ^a   Tomá̌ková, Hana ^a   Šplíchalová, Anna ^a   Polaufová, Pavla ^a   Fejtková, Petra ^a  

^a Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Mortality; Poverty classification; Small area analysis; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CENSUSES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY;

EID: 68949116430     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-008-7092-3     Document Type: Article

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