Population health and income inequality: New evidence from Israeli time-series analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-317

  Shmueli, Amir ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gini; Income inequality; Income transfers; Israel; Population health; Time series

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; ISRAEL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 2342484490     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh035     Document Type: Article

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