Developing summary measures of health-related multiple physical environmental deprivation for epidemiological research

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1650-1668

  Richardson, Elizabeth A ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b   Shortt, Niamh K ^a   Pearce, Jamie ^a   Dawson, Terence P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956082290     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a42459     Document Type: Article

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