The Increasing Disparity in Mortality between Socioeconomic Groups in the United States, 1960 and 1986

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 329, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 103-109

  Pappas, Gregory ^a   Queen, Susan ^b   Hadden, Wilbur ^b   Fisher, Gail ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AMERICAS; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; INCOME; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLACKS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0027288803     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199307083290207     Document Type: Article

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