Income inequality, race, and child well-being: An aggregate analysis in the 50 United States

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-264

  Mcleod, Jane D ^a   Nonnemaker, James M ^b,d   Call, Kathleen Thiede ^c,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Research Triangle Institute's Tobacco Use Research Program   (United States)

^e University of Minnesota's School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544366434     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002214650404500302     Document Type: Article

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