Visualizing europe's demographic scars with coplots and contour plots

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1164-1176

  Minton, Jonathan ^a   Vanderbloemen, Laura ^b   Dorling, Danny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Epidemiological transition; Mortality; Public health; Visualisation; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DATA SET; DATABASE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VISUALIZATION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SPANISH INFLUENZA; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAL STATISTICS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; VISUALISATION; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; WALES; WORLD WAR I; WORLD WAR II; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884811769     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt115     Document Type: Article

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