Re-engaging with the physical environment: A health-related environmental classification of the UK

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Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-87

  Shortt, Niamh K ^a   Richardson, Elizabeth A ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b   Pearce, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental deprivation; Environmental profile; Geodemographics; Health inequalities; Physical environment; UK

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79851486244     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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