Geographic health inequalities in Madrid City: exploring spatial patterns of respiratory disease mortality

María-Eugenia Prieto-Flores* (1), Diana Gómez-Barroso (2), Rosa Cañada Torrecilla (3), Antonio Moreno Jiménez (3)

1) National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Institute of Geography, National University of La Pampa, Argentina
2) National Center of Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, CIBERESP, Spain
3) Department of Geography, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
* Corresponding author.
Email: meprieto@conicet.gov.ar

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