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    Geographical analysis of cardiovascular mortality: a cautionary note


    Openshaw, S. and Charlton, Martin (1980) Geographical analysis of cardiovascular mortality: a cautionary note. British Medical Journal, 281. pp. 742-743. ISSN 1756-1833

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    Abstract

    An article by Dr S J Pocock and others (24 May, p 1243) concerned with the study of regional variations in cardiovascular mortality demonstrates many of the problems that are commonly encountered in the geographical analysis of medical data. The following comments have an important bearing on any considered interpretation of the results
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Geographical analysis; cardiovasscular mortality; a cautionary note;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > National Centre for Geocomputation, NCG
    Item ID: 6127
    Depositing User: Martin Charlton
    Date Deposited: 20 May 2015 14:44
    Journal or Publication Title: British Medical Journal
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/6127
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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