GLOSSARY

Indicators of socioeconomic position (part 2)

Bruna Galobardes¹, Mary Shaw^1,2, Debbie A Lawlor¹, John W Lynch³, George Davey Smith¹

¹ Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
² South West Public Health Observatory, UK
³ Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Center for Social, Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan, USA

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Dr B Galobardes
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK; bruna.galobardes{at}bristol.ac.uk

This is the second part of a glossary on indicators of socioeconomic position used in health research (the first part was published in the January issue of the journal).

Keywords: socioeconomic position; glossary

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