Why are death rates higher in rural areas? Evidence from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 624-628

  Dobson, Annette ^a   McLaughlin, Deirdre ^a   Vagenas, Dimitrios ^b   Wong, Kore Yiee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mortality; Rural health; Women's Health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79952279613     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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