Response: In defence of the income inequality hypothesis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1037-1040

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346025508     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg325     Document Type: Article

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