Demarcation of local neighborhoods to study relations between contextual factors and health

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Several studies have highlighted the importance of collective social factors for population health. One of the major challenges is an adequate definition of the spatial units of analysis which present properties potentially related t...

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Main Authors: Chor Dora, Santos Simone M, Werneck Guilherme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Online Access:http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/9/1/34