The shape of the relationship between income and mortality in the United States evidence from the national longitudinal mortality study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-20

  Backlund, Eric ^a   Sorlie, Paul D ^b   Johnson, Norman J ^a  

^a US Bureau of the Census   (United States)

^b Federal Building #3 ^*

Author keywords

Age factors; Income; Mortality; Poverty; Sex factors; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030041785     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-2797(95)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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