The island effect: a sociospatial theory of health.

Background Birthweights are found to be significantly greater on Scottish islands compared to mainland Scotland. This ’island effect’ remains even after adjusting for numerous confounding factors (e.g. ethnicity, socioeconomic factors, smoking, pollutants) that dissolve any significant correlation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kathryn Halliday
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Swansea University 2018-06-01
Series:International Journal of Population Data Science
Online Access:https://ijpds.org/article/view/530