Most people spend the majority of their lives indoors. Research over the last thirty years has
focused on investigating the mechanisms through which specific elements of the built …

Socioeconomic status (SES) is a hierarchical social classification associated with different
outcomes in health and disease. The most important factors influencing SES are income …

Background Despite a concerted policy effort in Europe, social inequalities in health are a
persistent problem. Developing a standardised measure of socioeconomic level across …

Several studies have documented that more deprived populations tend to live in areas
characterized by higher levels of environmental pollution. Yet, time trends and geographic …

Small-area composite measures (such as for deprivation, geographic access or green
space) have become increasing popular among both researchers and policy makers and …

The individual's socioeconomic conditions are the most relevant to predict the quality of
someone's health. However, such information is not usually found in medical records …

Although socioeconomic status is one of the essential factors in much health research, it is
one of the most difficult constructs to measure. The aim of this study was to develop a …

Background Few studies have considered using environmental amenities to explain social
health inequalities. Nevertheless, Green spaces that promote good health may have an …

Background In aggregate studies, ecological indices are used to study the influence of
socioeconomic status on health. Their main limitation is ecological bias. This study assesses …

Background Deprivation indices are useful measures to analyze health inequalities. There
are several methods to construct these indices, however, few studies have used Geographic …