Age-specific education and income gradients in morbidity and mortality in a Canadian province

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 383-397

  Mustard, Cameron A ^a,b,c   Derksen, Shelley ^a   Berthelot, Jean Marie ^d   Wolfson, Michael ^b   Roos, Leslie L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Canada; Morbidity; Mortality; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANITOBA; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

HEALTH INEQUALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY RATE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CANADA;

EID: 0030617480     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00354-1     Document Type: Article

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