What does your neighbourhood say about you? A study of life expectancy in 1.3 million Swiss neighbourhoods

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1125-1132

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Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENSUSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84911172304     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204352     Document Type: Article

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