Mortality, the social environment, crime and violence

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 578-597

  Wilkinson, Richard G ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Kennedy, Bruce P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crime; Health; Homicide; Income distribution; Inequality; Respect; Social cohesion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032358302     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00120     Document Type: Article

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