Multilevel analysis in public health research

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue , 2000, Pages 171-192

  Diez Roux, Ana V ^a  

^a Division of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual effects; Ecologic; Methods; Random effects; Social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CAUSALITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0033929727     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.21.1.171     Document Type: Article

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