Comparing the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on all-cause mortality using two hierarchical areal units in the capital region of Helsinki

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 409-412

  Tarkiainen, Lasse ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Leyland, Alastair H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area effects; Modifiable areal unit; Mortality; Neighbourhood

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POISSON RATIO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MANUAL LABOR; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ETELA SUOMEN; FINLAND; HELSINKI;

EID: 73049087005     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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