Identifying the impact of social determinants of health on disease rates using correlation analysis of area-based summary information.
Identifying the impact of social determinants of health on disease rates using correlation analysis of area-based summary information.
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2011
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Song, Ruiguang and Hall, H Irene and Harrison, Kathleen McDavid and Sharpe, Tanya Telfair and Lin, Lillian S and Dean, Hazel D (2011) Identifying the impact of social determinants of health on disease rates using correlation analysis of area-based summary information. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974), 126 (Suppl3). pp. 70-80.
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Area-based measures of socioeconomic variables can be used to identify risk factors associated with a disease of interest. When correlation analysis is used to identify risk factors, potential confounding from other variables must be taken into account.