The impact of individual and area characteristics on urban socioeconomic differences in health and smoking

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Reijneveld, S A ^a,b,c  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Multilevel; Socioeconomic status; Urban health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL GEPGRAPHY; SMOKING; SOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION;

NETHERLANDS, AMSTERDAM;

EID: 0031887257     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.1.33     Document Type: Article

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