Response: On economic growth, business fluctuations, and health progress

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1226-1233

  Tapia Granados, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DEATH; HISTORY; IMMUNITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; MYOPIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLITICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SALARY; SANITATION; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; TAX; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE;

ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29244445463     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi207     Document Type: Review

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