The development and validation of an urbanicity scale in a multi-country study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Novak, Nicole L ^a   Allender, Steven ^b,c   Scarborough, Peter ^c   West, Douglas ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INDIA; PERU; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; URBANIZATION;

ETHIOPIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; PERU; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBANIZATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872955783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-530     Document Type: Article

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