Multi-level modelling in health research: A caution and rejoinder on temporally mismatched data

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1215-1218

  Buzzelli, Michael ^a   Su, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multi level modelling; Social environments; Temporal mismatch

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MOBILITY; MODELING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CANADA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 31144474650     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.056     Document Type: Article

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