Income inequality and mortality in metropolitan areas of the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1074-1080

  Lynch, John W ^a   Kaplan, George A ^a   Pamuk, Elsie R ^b   Cohen, Richard D ^c   Heck, Katherine E ^b   Balfour, Jennifer L ^c   Yen, Irene H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c Human Population Laboratory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031871752     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.7.1074     Document Type: Article

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