Under examination: Multilevel models, geography and health research

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 394-412

  Owen, Gwilym ^a   Harris, Richard ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contextual effects; health geography; multilevel modelling; neighbourhoods; spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MODELING; RESEARCH WORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84967146010     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132515580814     Document Type: Article

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