Income distribution and mortality: Implications from a comparison of individual-level analysis and multilevel analysis with Swedish data

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-294

  Henriksson, Göran ^a   Allebeck, Peter ^b   Ringbäck Weitoft, Gunilla ^c   Thelle, Dag ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

income inequality; mortality; multilevel analysis; socioeconomic status; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33744905829     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940500228364     Document Type: Article

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