Studying place effects on health by synthesising individual and area-level outcomes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1995-2006

  Jackson, Christopher H ^a   Richardson, Sylvia ^b   Best, Nicky G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextual effects; Data synthesis; Ecological bias; Health inequalities; Multilevel modelling; UK

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ETHNICITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACE PREFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56649089685     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.041     Document Type: Article

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