Peripherality, income inequality, and life expectancy: Revisiting the income inequality hypothesis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 623-632

  Moore, Spencer ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global health; Income inequality; Life expectancy; Trade

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TYPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COMMERCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745615823     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl026     Document Type: Article

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