Defining Socially-Based Spatial Boundaries in the Region of Peel, Ontario, Canada

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Drackley, Adam ^a   Newbold, K Bruce ^a,b   Taylor, Christian ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PEEL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79956200171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-38     Document Type: Article

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