Mortality, material deprivation and urbanization: Exploring the social patterns of a metropolitan area

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Santana, Paula ^a   Costa, Claudia ^a   Marí Dell'Olmo, Marc ^b,c,d   Gotsens, Mercè ^b,c,d   Borrell, Carme ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian Model; Inequalities; Material Deprivation; Metropolitan Area; Mortality; Small Area; Social Spatial determinants; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; EQUITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; PARASITIC DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGICAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LARYNX DISORDER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL DEPRIVATION; MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STUDY DESIGN; TRACHEA DISEASE; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; EUROPE; HEALTH DISPARITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL;

BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84933506322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-015-0182-y     Document Type: Article

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