Socioeconomic indicators in epidemiologic research: A practical example from the LIFEPATH study.

Socioeconomic indicators in epidemiologic research: A practical example from the LIFEPATH study.

BACKGROUND:Several social indicators have been used in epidemiological research to describe socioeconomic position (SEP) of people in societies. Among SEP indicators, those more frequently used are education, occupational class and income. Differences in the incidence of several health outcomes have...

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Main Authors: Angelo d'Errico, Fulvio Ricceri, Silvia Stringhini, Cristian Carmeli, Mika Kivimaki, Mel Bartley, Cathal McCrory, Murielle Bochud, Peter Vollenweider, Rosario Tumino, Marcel Goldberg, Marie Zins, Henrique Barros, Graham Giles, Gianluca Severi, Giuseppe Costa, Paolo Vineis, LIFEPATH Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5448763?pdf=render

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