Spatiotemporal Discordance in Five Common Measures of Rurality for US Counties and Applications for Health Disparities Research in Older Adults

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cohen, Steven A ^a   Kelley, Lauren ^a   Bell, Allison E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

comparison of methods; elderly population; methods development; obesity; rural health

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017004945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00267     Document Type: Article

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