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Special Report: The Biology of Inequalities in Health: The Lifepath Consortium
Vineis, P; Avendano-Pabon, M; Barros, H; Bartley, M; Carmeli, C; Carra, L; Chadeau-Hyam, M; Costa, G; Delpierre, C; D'Errico, A; Fraga, S; Giles, GFunded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme, the Lifepath research consortium aimed to investigate the effects of socioeconomic inequalities on the biology of healthy aging. The main research questions included the impact of inequalities on health, the role of behavioral and other risk factors, the underlying biological mechanisms, the efficacy of selected policies, and the general implications of ...
Socioeconomic indicators in epidemiologic research: A practical example from th...
d'Erico, A; Ricceri, F; Stringhini, S; Carmeli, C; Kivimaki, M; Bartley, M; McCrory, C; Bochud, M; Vollenweider, P; Tumino, R; Goldberg, M; Zins, MBackground: 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 been reported consistently, independently from the indicator employed. Main objectives of the study were to pres...