Do differences in the administrative structure of populations confound comparisons of geographic health inequalities?

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Jackson, Andrew L ^a   Davies, Carolyn A ^a   Leyland, Alastair H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955650014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-74     Document Type: Article

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