Income dynamics and adult mortality in the United States, 1972 through 1989

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1476-1483

  McDonough, Peggy ^a   Duncan, Greg J ^b   Williams, David ^c   House, James ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030754668     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.9.1476     Document Type: Article

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