Are neighborhood health associations causal? A 10-year prospective cohort study with repeated measurements

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 776-784

  Jokela, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Fixed effects regression; Longitudinal; Neighborhood; Panel study; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR DIVISION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PANEL DATA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL THEORY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CAUSALITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84921763635     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu233     Document Type: Article

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