Comparison of indicators of material circumstances in the context of an epidemiological study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nkosi, Thomas Matukala ^a,b   Parent, Marie Elise ^a,b,c   Siemiatycki, Jack ^b,c   Pintos, Javier ^c   Rousseau, Marie Claude ^a,b,c  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79961126206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-108     Document Type: Article

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