Educational differentials in mortality: United States, 1979-85

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-57

  Elo, Irma T ^a   Preston, Samuel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Inequalities in mortality; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MORTALITY PATTERN; NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL MORTALITY SURVEY; RACIAL DIFFERENCE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

USA;

EID: 0029667911     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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