Selective internal migration. Does it explain Glasgow's worsening mortality record?

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1212-1217

  Popham, Frank ^a   Boyle, Paul J ^a   O'Reilly, Dermot ^b   Leyland, Alastair H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glasgow; Inequality; Mortality; Scotland; Selective migration

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABERDEEN [ABERDEEN (ADS)]; ABERDEEN [SCOTLAND]; DUNDEE [DUNDEE (ADS)]; DUNDEE [SCOTLAND]; EDINBURGH [EDINBURGH (ADS)]; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; GLASGOW [GLASGOW (ADS)]; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053565963     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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