Residential Anonymous Linking Fields (RALFs): A novel information infrastructure to study the interaction between the environment and individuals' health

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 582-588

  Rodgers, Sarah E ^a   Lyons, Ronan A ^a   Dsilva, Rohan ^a   Jones, Kerina H ^a   Brooks, Caroline J ^a   Ford, David V ^a   John, Gareth ^b   Verplancke, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Brunel House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Epidemiology; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77649255063     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdp041     Document Type: Article

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