Poverty or income inequality as predictor of mortality: Longitudinal cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7096, 1997, Pages 1724-1727

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a   Franks, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030918239     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7096.1724     Document Type: Article

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