Analysing the effect of area of residence over the life course in multilevel epidemiology

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5_suppl, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Næss, Øyvind ^a,b   Leyland, Alastair H ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal studies; methods; mortality; multilevel analysis; residence characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NORWAY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NORWAY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952044230     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810384646     Document Type: Article

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