Economic transition and changing relation between income inequality and mortality in Taiwan: Regression analysis

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7218, 1999, Pages 1162-1165

  Chiang, Tung liang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033619420     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7218.1162     Document Type: Article

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