Small area estimates of smoking prevalence in London. Testing the effect of input data

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 630-638

  Hermes, Kerstin ^a   Poulsen, Michael ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health data; London; Small area estimates; Smoking; Spatial microsimulation

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SMOKING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SMALL AREA ESTIMATES; SMOKING; SPATIAL MICROSIMULATION MODELLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859264974     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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