title: Socioeconomic factors in EU-funded studies of children's environmental health.
abstract: We performed a survey on socioeconomic factors in 27 studies of children's environmental health funded by EU FP4 and FP5. Parental education was the most common measure (74%). Socioeconomic factors were predominantly considered as confounder (74%) and less often as effect modifier (33%) or independent variable (37%). The awareness of the need to study the impact of socioeconomic factors further seems to have increased in recent years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. gabriele.bolte@lgl.bayern.de
authors.forename: Gabriele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bolte
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohlhuber
authors.forename: Stephan K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Weiland
authors.forename: Moniek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuurbier
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stansfeld
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heinrich
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D004782:Environmental Health; D005062:European Union; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors