The role of individual and contextual socioeconomic circumstances on mortality: Analysis of time variations in a city of north west Italy

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 199-207

  Marinacci, C ^a,b   Spadea, T ^b   Biggeri, A ^c   Demaria, M ^d   Caiazzo, A ^b   Costa, G ^e  

^a Epidemiology Unit ^*  (Italy)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO; TURIN;

EID: 1342280384     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.014928     Document Type: Article

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