Inequality in income and mortality in the United States: Analysis of mortality and potential pathways

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7037, 1996, Pages 999-1003

  Kaplan, George A ^a   Pamuk, Elsie R ^b   Lynch, John W ^a   Cohen, Richard D ^a   Balfour, Jennifer L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK DISABILITY;

EID: 0029929617     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7037.999     Document Type: Article

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