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Does context matter for the relationship between deprivation and all-cause mortality? The West vs. the rest of Scotland

BACKGROUND: A growing body of research emphasizes the importance of contextual factors on health outcomes. Using postcode sector data for Scotland (UK), this study tests the hypothesis of spatial heterogeneity in the relationship between area-level deprivation and mortality to determine if contextua...

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Autores principales: Sridharan, Sanjeev, Koschinsky, Julia, Walker, Jeremy J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21569408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-10-33