Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in the Basque Country and its main cities: A small geographical areas analysis (MEDEA Project);Desigualdades socioeconómicas en la mortalidad en el País Vasco y sus capitales: Un análisis de áreas geográficas pequeñas (Proyecto MEDEA)

Estudios Geograficos

Volumn 70, Issue 267, 2009, Pages 443-462

  Esnaola, Santiago ^a   Montoya, Imanol ^b   Calvo, Montse ^a   Ibáñez, Berta ^c   Audicana, Covadonga ^a   Ruiz, Rosa ^a   Aldasoro, Elena ^a   Martín, Unai ^d  

^a Departamento de Sanidad   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Investigacion de Atencion Primaria de Bizkaia   (Spain)

^c Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Health inequalities; Mortality; Smallarea analysis; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CENSUS; MORTALITY RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TREND ANALYSIS;

BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

EID: 77649125316     PISSN: 00141496     EISSN: 19888546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/estgeogr.0468     Document Type: Article

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