Relation between income inequality and mortality in Canada and in the United States: Cross sectional assessment using census data and vital statistics

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7239, 2000, Pages 898-902

  Ross, Nancy A ^a   Wolfson, Michael C ^a   Dunn, James R ^b   Berthelot, Jean Marie ^a   Kaplan, George A ^c   Lynch, John W ^c  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034176892     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7239.898     Document Type: Article

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