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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Swansea University
2018-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Population Data Science |
| Online Access: | https://ijpds.org/article/view/530 |