Cluster analysis of social and environment inequalities of infant mortality. A spatial study in small areas revealed by local disease mapping in France

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 433-441

  Padilla, Cindy M ^a,b,c   Deguen, Severine ^a,b   Lalloue, Benoit ^a,b,e   Blanchard, Olivier ^a,b   Beaugard, Charles ^d   Troude, Florence ^d   Navier, Denis Zmirou ^a,b,e   Vieira, Verónica M ^f,g  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c French Environment and Energy Management Agency   (France)

^d Atmo Nord Pas de Calais ^*  (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ HENRI POINCARÉ NANCY 1   (France)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g University of Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Deprivation index; Generalized additive models; Infant mortality; Small areas

Indexed keywords

DEPRIVATION INDEX; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; INFANT MORTALITY; PRETERM DELIVERIES; SMALL AREA; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS;

AIR POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; MAPPING; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MAPPING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

FRANCE; LILLE; LYONS; NORD [NORD PAS DE CALAIS]; NORD PAS DE CALAIS; RHONE; RHONE-ALPES;

EID: 84876335906     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.027     Document Type: Article

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