Neighbourhood effects in health behaviours: A test of social causation with repeat-measurement longitudinal data

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 417-421

  Airaksinen, Jaakko ^a   Hakulinen, Christian ^a   Pulkki Råback, Laura ^a   Lehtimäki, Terho ^b,c   Raitakari, Olli T ^d,e   Keltikangas Järvinen, Liisa ^a   Jokela, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c FIMLAB LABORATORIES   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84973352726     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv210     Document Type: Article

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