A brief conceptual tutorial on multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: Investigating contextual phenomena in different groups of people

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 729-736

  Merlo, Juan ^a   Yang, Min ^b   Chaix, Basile ^c   Lynch, John ^d   Råstam, Lennart ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c National Institute of Health and Medical Research   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 13544277557     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.023929     Document Type: Article

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