Income inequality and population health

BMJ

Volumn 324, Issue 7343, 2002, Pages 978-

  Wilkinson, Richard ^a   Bezruchka, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; NOTE; POVERTY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; LETTER; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037140195     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7343.978     Document Type: Letter

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