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This divided land: an examination of regional inequalities in exposure to brownfield land and the association with morbidity and mortality in England

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Clare Bambra, Dr Jo Cairns, Dr Alison Copeland

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Abstract

This paper is the first empirical examination of the association between brownfield land and spatial inequalities in health. Linear mixed modelling of ward-level data suggests that there is higher exposure and susceptibility to brownfield land in the Northern compared to the Southern regions (with the exception of London); that brownfield exposure has an association with regional inequalities in mortality and morbidity within regions (particularly in the North West); that brownfield has an association with inequalities between regions (particularly between the North West and the South East); but that brownfield land only makes a small independent contribution to the North–South health divide in England. However, brownfield land could be a potentially important and previously overlooked independent environmental determinant of spatial inequalities in health in England.

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Author(s): Bambra C, Cairns J, Kasim A, Smith J, Robertson S, Copeland A, Johnson K

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Health & Place

Year: 2015

Volume: 34

Pages: 257-269

Print publication date: 01/07/2015

Online publication date: 20/06/2015

Acceptance date: 19/05/2015

Date deposited: 05/02/2017

ISSN (print): 1353-8292

ISSN (electronic): 1873-2054

Publisher: Elsevier

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.05.010

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.05.010

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