Individual and collective bodies: Using measures of variance and association in contextual epidemiology

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1043-1048

  Merlo, J ^a   Ohlsson, H ^a   Lynch, K F ^a   Chaix, B ^a,b   Subramanian, S V ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CAUSALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

EID: 73249117016     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.088310     Document Type: Article

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