Neighborhood deprivation is strongly associated with participation in a population-based health check.

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Published in PLoS One on June 03, 2015

Authors

Anne Mette Bender1, Ichiro Kawachi2, Torben Jørgensen3, Charlotta Pisinger4

Author Affiliations

1: Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Capital Region of Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark; Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
2: Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
3: Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Capital Region of Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark; Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Faculty of Medicine, University of Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark.
4: Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Capital Region of Denmark, Glostrup, Denmark; Faculty of Health Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Associated clinical trials:

Lifestyle Intervention in a General Population for Prevention of Ischaemic Heart Disease | NCT00289237

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