Spatial relationship quantification between environmental, socioeconomic and health data at different geographic levels

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3765-3786

  Saib, Mahdi Salim ^a,b   Caudeville, Julien ^a   Carre, Florence ^a   Ganry, Olivier ^c   Trugeon, Alain ^d   Cicolella, Andre ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Regional Observatory of Health and Social Issues in Picardie   (France)

Author keywords

Exposure indicator; Geographic level; Geographically weighted regression; Health inequalities; MAUP; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOWNSCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL DATA;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIABLE AREAL UNIT PROBLEM; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PLEURA CANCER; POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

CADMIUM; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INHALATION; LEAD; NEOPLASMS; NICKEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897489574     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110403765     Document Type: Article

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