Multilevel analyses of neighbourhood socioeconomic context and health outcomes: A critical review

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-122

  Pickett, K E ^a   Pearl, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035152870     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.55.2.111     Document Type: Article

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