Associations between income inequality and mortality among US states: The importance of time period and source of income data

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1424-1430

  Lynch, John ^a,b   Harper, Sam ^a   Kaplan, George A ^a   Smith, George Davey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

CENSUSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23044474911     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.048439     Document Type: Article

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