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Do differences in the administrative structure of populations confound comparisons of geographic health inequalities?
BACKGROUND: Geographical health inequalities are naturally described by the variation in health outcomes between areas (e.g. mortality rates). However, comparisons made between countries are hampered by our lack of understanding of the effect of the size of administrative units, and in particular th...
Autores principales: | Jackson, Andrew L, Davies, Carolyn A, Leyland, Alastair H |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933682/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20718968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-10-74 |
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