Relative Index of Inequality and Slope Index of Inequality: A Structured Regression Framework for Estimation

Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 518-527

  Moreno Betancur, Margarita ^a,b   Latouche, Aurélien ^c   Menvielle, Gwenn ^d,e   Kunst, Anton E ^f   Rey, Grégoire ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^c Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^d INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRANCE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGLINEAR MODEL; NEOPLASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE INDEX OF INEQUALITY; RISK FACTOR; SLOPE INDEX OF INEQUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84942775336     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000311     Document Type: Article

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