Income inequality and population health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 567-579

  Judge, Ken ^a   Mulligan, Jo Ann ^b   Benzeval, Michaela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Income distribution; Inequality; Infant mortality; Life expectancy; OECD countries

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME INEQUALITY; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; THEORY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INFANT MORTALITY; LANGUAGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032007846     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00204-9     Document Type: Article

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