Seeking causal explanations in social epidemiology

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-120

  Kaufman, Jay S ^a,b   Cooper, Richard S ^c  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Confounding factors (epidemiology); Epidemiologic methods; Observation; Social class; Social conditions

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS; OBSERVATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033566030     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009969     Document Type: Review

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