Associations of all-cause mortality with census-based neighbourhood deprivation and population density in Japan: a multilevel survival analysis.

BACKGROUND: Despite evidence that neighbourhood conditions affect residents' health, no prospective studies of the association between neighbourhood socio-demographic factors and all-cause mortality have been conducted in non-Western societies. Thus, we examined the effects of areal deprivation...

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Main Authors: Tomoki Nakaya, Kaori Honjo, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Ai Ikeda, Hiroyasu Iso, Manami Inoue, Norie Sawada, Shoichiro Tsugane, Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4048169?pdf=render