Community- and Individual-Level Socioeconomic Status and Breast Cancer Risk: Multilevel Modeling on Cape Cod, Massachusetts | Zendy

Thomas F. Webster | Zendy; Kate Hoffman | Zendy; Janice Weinberg | Zendy; Verónica M. Vieira | Zendy; Ann Aschengrau | Zendy

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Community- and Individual-Level Socioeconomic Status and Breast Cancer Risk: Multilevel Modeling on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Author(s) -

Thomas F. Webster,

Kate Hoffman,

Janice Weinberg,

Verónica M. Vieira,

Ann Aschengrau

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10818

Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , breast cancer , environmental health , cape , multilevel model , gerontology , geography , demography , medicine , cancer , statistics , sociology , population , mathematics , archaeology

Previous research demonstrated increased risk of breast cancer associated with higher socioeconomic status (SES) measured at both the individual and community levels. However, little attention has been paid to simultaneously examining both measures.

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