Comparing individual- and area-based socioeconomic measures for the surveillance of health disparities: A multilevel analysis of Massachusetts births, 1989-1991

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 823-834

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Chen, J T ^a   Rehkopf, D H ^a   Waterman, P D ^a   Krieger, N ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Infant, low birth weight; Multilevel model; Poverty; Socioeconomic factors; United States

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750307167     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj313     Document Type: Article

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