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Review
. 2020 Jan;74(1):20-25.
doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213255. Epub 2019 Oct 19.

Creating small-area deprivation indices: a guide for stages and options

Mirjam Allik  1 , Alastair Leyland  2 , Maria Yury Travassos Ichihara  3 , Ruth Dundas  2
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Creating small-area deprivation indices: a guide for stages and options

Mirjam Allik et al. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: deprivation; health inequalities; measurement; social epidemiology; socio-economic.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Key stages for developing small-area composite measures.
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