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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.
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Bolte, G., Kohlhuber, M., Weiland, S.K. et al. Socioeconomic factors in EU-funded studies of children’s environmental health. Eur J Epidemiol 20, 289–291 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-005-1689-0
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