Urban Premature Mortality in the U.S. between 1980 and 1990: Changing Roles of Income Inequality and Social Spending

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 386-400

  Ronzio, Cynthia R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POLICY; POLITICS; POVERTY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; MORTALITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1142286387     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3343384     Document Type: Article

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