Comment on article: “Mortality in the elderly: A socio-spatial analysis based on the degree of social deprivation”
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Keywords
Spatial Analysis, Geographic Mapping, Geographic Information Systems
Abstract
Regarding the article “Mortality in the elderly: A socio-spatial analysis based on the degree of social deprivation”, some important conceptual and methodological clarifications are proposed in order of helping to clarify what is the contribution of spatial analysis in epidemiology and public health.
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