A Swiss neighbourhood index of socioeconomic position: Development and association with mortality

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1129-1136

  Panczak, Radoslaw ^a   Galobardes, Bruna ^b   Voorpostel, Marieke ^c   Spoerri, Adrian ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENSUS; DATA SET; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MORTALITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; OCCUPATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84872035812     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2011-200699     Document Type: Article

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