Widening socioeconomic inequalities in US life expectancy, 1980-2000

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 969-979

  Singh, Gopal K ^a   Siahpush, Mohammad ^b  

^a HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Life expectancy; Social inequality; Trend; United States

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GENDER ISSUE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749609349     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl083     Document Type: Article

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