Magnitude matters: Beyond detection in the presence of selection in research on socioeconomic inequalities in health

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-13

  Weuve, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MODEL; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POLITICS; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING ERROR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; PREGNANCY; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84871771350     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182788390     Document Type: Note

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