Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 60, Issue 6 , Pages 579-584 , June 2007

Age–social stratification designs had a negligible impact on income–mortality associations

  • H.C. Wijeysundera

      Affiliations

    • Schulich Heart Program, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • P.C. Austin

      Affiliations

    • The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • The Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • C.A. Mustard

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Work and Health and the Department of Public Health Science, University of Toronto, Canada
    • ,
  • A. Chong

      Affiliations

    • The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • D.A. Alter

      Affiliations

    • The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • The Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, and The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Schulich Heart Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, G-wing 1-06, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5. Tel.: 416-480-5838; fax: 416-480-6048.
    • ,
  • for the SESAMI study group

,Accepted 14 November 2006.

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PII: S0895-4356(06)00436-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2006.11.011

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 60, Issue 6 , Pages 579-584 , June 2007

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