Ability of ecological deprivation indices to measure social inequalities in a French cohort

• Main Authors: Sofia Temam (Author), Raphaëlle Varraso (Author), Carole Pornet (Author), Margaux Sanchez (Author), Aurélie Affret (Author), Bénédicte Jacquemin (Author), Françoise Clavel-Chapelon (Author), Grégoire Rey (Author), Stéphane Rican (Author), Nicole Le Moual (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite the increasing interest in place effect to explain health inequalities, there is currently no consensus on which kind of area-based socioeconomic measures researchers should use to assess neighborhood socioeconomic position (SEP). The study aimed to evaluate the reliabili...