Urbanization and non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: an ecological correlation study.
Chaisiri
Angkurawaranon
;
Nisit
Wattanatchariya
;
Pat
Doyle
;
Dorothea
Nitsch
;
(2013)
Urbanization and non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: an ecological correlation study.
Tropical medicine & international health, 18 (2).
pp. 130-140.
ISSN 1360-2276
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12038
;
Dorothea
Nitsch
;
(2013)
Urbanization and non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: an ecological correlation study.
Tropical medicine & international health, 18 (2).
pp. 130-140.
ISSN 1360-2276
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12038
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.
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