Urbanization and Non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: An ecological correlation study

This study provides strong evidence from an LMIC that urbanization is associated with mortality from three lifestyle-associated diseases at an ecological level. Furthermore, our data suggest that both average household income and number of doctors per population are important factors to consider in...

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Main Authors: Angkurawaranon C., Wattanatchariya N., Doyle P., Nitsch D.
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Language:English
Published: 2014
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-40362014-08-30T02:35:36Z Urbanization and Non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: An ecological correlation study Angkurawaranon C. Wattanatchariya N. Doyle P. Nitsch D. This study provides strong evidence from an LMIC that urbanization is associated with mortality from three lifestyle-associated diseases at an ecological level. Furthermore, our data suggest that both average household income and number of doctors per population are important factors to consider in ecological analyses of mortality. © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2014-08-30T02:35:36Z 2014-08-30T02:35:36Z 2013 Article 13602276 10.1111/tmi.12038 23279597 TMIHF http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84872686932&partnerID=40&md5=5f67e717f05a9a409f0bf01022cd6a41 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23279597 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/4036 English
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description This study provides strong evidence from an LMIC that urbanization is associated with mortality from three lifestyle-associated diseases at an ecological level. Furthermore, our data suggest that both average household income and number of doctors per population are important factors to consider in ecological analyses of mortality. © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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author Angkurawaranon C.
Wattanatchariya N.
Doyle P.
Nitsch D.
spellingShingle Angkurawaranon C.
Wattanatchariya N.
Doyle P.
Nitsch D.
Urbanization and Non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: An ecological correlation study
author_facet Angkurawaranon C.
Wattanatchariya N.
Doyle P.
Nitsch D.
author_sort Angkurawaranon C.
title Urbanization and Non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: An ecological correlation study
title_short Urbanization and Non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: An ecological correlation study
title_full Urbanization and Non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: An ecological correlation study
title_fullStr Urbanization and Non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: An ecological correlation study
title_full_unstemmed Urbanization and Non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: An ecological correlation study
title_sort urbanization and non-communicable disease mortality in thailand: an ecological correlation study
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