Income distribution and cause-specific mortality

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-53

  McIsaac, S J ^a   Wilkinson, R G ^b,c  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cause specific mortality; income distribution; life expectancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031004028     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/7.1.45     Document Type: Article

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