Inequality in Men's Mortality: The Socioeconomic Status Gradient and Geographic Context

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-330

  Hayward, Mark D ^a   Pienta, Amy M ^b   McLaughlin, Diane K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031303346     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2955428     Document Type: Article

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