A method to define the relevant ego-centred spatial scale for the assessment of neighbourhood effects: the example of cardiovascular risk factors

• Main Authors: Jürgen Breckenkamp (Author), Oliver Razum (Author), Jacob Spallek (Author), Klaus Berger (Author), Basile Chaix (Author), Odile Sauzet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction The neighbourhood in which one lives affects health through complex pathways not yet fully understood. A way to move forward in assessing these pathways direction is to explore the spatial structure of health phenomena to generate hypotheses and examine whether the neighbourhoo...