A comparison of the relationships of education and income with mortality: The national longitudinal mortality study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1373-1384

  Backlund, Eric ^a   Sorlie, Paul D ^b   Johnson, Norman J ^a  

^a US Bureau of the Census   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational status; Income; Mortality; United States

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; INCOME; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033231737     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00209-9     Document Type: Article

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