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American Journal of Epidemiology 2007 165(8):872-873; doi:10.1093/aje/kwm039
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Response to Invited Commentary

Mujahid et al. Respond to "Beyond the Metrics for Measuring Neighborhood Effects"

Ana V. Diez Roux1, Mahasin S. Mujahid1, Jeffrey D. Morenoff2 and Trivellore Raghunathan3

1 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2 Department of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
3 Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Correspondence to Dr. Ana V. Diez Roux, Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1214 South University Avenue, 2nd Floor, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (e-mail: adiezrou@umich.edu).

Received for publication December 8, 2006. Accepted for publication December 15, 2006.

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In her commentary, Dr. Lynne Messer (1) recognizes the important contributions of our paper (2) to the discussion of methodological issues related to measurement of neighborhood or area-level properties. Dr. Messer reviews the many challenges involved in observational studies of neighborhood health effects, which we and other investigators have noted (3–8). A major challenge is developing theoretical models of the processes through which neighborhoods (or areas) may affect health. Messer argues . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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