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IJE Advance Access originally published online on October 28, 2004
International Journal of Epidemiology 2004 33(6):1360-1361; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh349
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IJE vol.33 no.6 © International Epidemiological Association 2004; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: Difficulties in disentangling causes of social class inequities in musculoskeletal health

Marcel Zwahlen1 and Peter Jüni1,–3,*

1 Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland
2 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology/Allergology, University Hospital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
3 MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK

* Corresponding author. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Berne, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland. E-mail: juni@ispm.unibe.ch

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Life course epidemiology was suggested as a framework for describing and understanding associations between risk factors identified at different life stages and markers of ill health.1 While social scientists have used and promoted this approach for many years, it was adopted by epidemiologists only recently.1,2 In this issue, Khatun et al.3 report one of the remarkably scarce longitudinal studies that use such a life course approach to disentangle causes of social class inequities in musculoskeletal health. In a prospective population-based cohort study, they explored the contribution of factors identified between adolescence and early adulthood to social class inequities in musculoskeletal disorders at age . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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