Do neighborhoods affect individual mortality? A systematic review and meta-analysis of multilevel studies

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1204-1212

  Meijer, Mathias ^a,b   Röhl, Jeannette ^a   Bloomfield, Kim ^a,c,d   Grittner, Ulrike ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Meta analysis; Mortality; Neighborhoods; Residence characteristics; Risk factors; Small area analysis; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PEER REVIEW; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE; REGISTER; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL COHESION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBANIZATION;

HUMANS; MORTALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84858616367     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.034     Document Type: Review

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