Income inequality and mortality in Italy

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 411-417

  Materia, Enrico ^a   Cacciani, Laura ^a   Bugarini, Giulio ^b   Cesaroni, Giulia ^c   Davoli, Marina ^c   Mirale, Maria Paola ^b   Vergine, Loredana ^b   Baglio, Giovanni ^a   Simeone, Giuseppe ^b   Perucci, Carlo A ^c  

^a Agenzia di Sanita Pubblica   (Italy)

^b SOGEI   (Italy)

^c ASL RM/E   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gini coefficient; Income inequality; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 25144502851     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki007     Document Type: Article

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