Multilevel Methods for Public Health Research

Neighborhoods and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^b   Duncan, Craig ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estimation procedures; Health effects; Heterogeneity; Multilevel analysis; Multilevel structures; Neighborhood research; Organizational levels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920019331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195138382.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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