The Jewish-Arab divide in life expectancy in Israel

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-137

  Chernichovsky, Dov ^a,b   Anson, Jon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Health and Welfare Policy Programs   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabs; Health; Israel; Jews; Life expectancy; Minorities; Mortality; Socialized health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; ISRAEL; JEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JEWS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS;

EID: 14044252945     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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