The geography of diabetes in London, Canada: The need for local level policy for prevention and management

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2407-2422

  Tompkins, Jordan W ^a,b   Luginaah, Isaac N ^b   Booth, Gillian L ^c,d,e   Harris, Stewart B ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Geography; Health behaviours; Health interventions; London; Ontario; Public health; Socioeconomic determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DIABETES MELLITUS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; FEMALE; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954772173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7052407     Document Type: Article

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