Demarcation of local neighborhoods to study relations between contextual factors and health

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Santos, Simone M ^a   Chor, Dora ^b   Werneck, Guilherme L ^c  

^a Fundação Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; CENSUS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOGENEITY; INCOME; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953930265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-34     Document Type: Article

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