Income inequality and health: Pathways and mechanisms

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 215-227

  Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Kennedy, Bruce P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Relative deprivation; Social capital; Social inequality; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032932213     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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