Using matched areas to explore international differences in population health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1113-1122

  Mitchell, Richard ^a   Dujardin, Claire ^b   Popham, Frank ^c   Farfan Portet, Maria Isabel ^b   Thomas, Isabelle ^b   Lorant, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area effects; International comparison; Methods

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BELGIUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BELGIUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053303355     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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