Assessment of a national health interview survey-based method of measuring community socioeconomic status

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 721-726

  Yabroff, K Robin ^a,b   Gordis, Leon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

All cause Mortality; Breast Neoplasms; Residence Characteristics; Socioeconomic Factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0242352333     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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