The usefulness of area-based socioeconomic measures to monitor social inequalities in health in Southern Europe

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-61

  Domínguez Berjón, Felícitas ^a,d   Borrell, Carme ^b   Rodríguez Sanz, Maica ^b   Pastor, Vicente ^c  

^a Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Servicio Salud Pública Área 2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Census; Small areas; Social inequalities in health; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

EID: 32244434395     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki069     Document Type: Article

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