title: Urbanization and non-communicable disease mortality in Thailand: an ecological correlation study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. chaisiri.angkurawaranon@lshtm.ac.uk
authors.forename: Chaisiri
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Angkurawaranon
authors.forename: Nisit
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wattanatchariya
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nitsch
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D002423:Cause of Death; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology; D014507:Urbanization