Place effects for areas defined by administrative boundaries: A life course analysis of mortality and cause specific morbidity in Scania, Sweden

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1145-1151

  Ohlsson, Henrik ^a   Merlo, Juan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contextual effects; Cross classified multilevel logistic regression; Intra class correlation; Life course; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH RISK; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

SKANE; SWEDEN;

EID: 80053296103     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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