Commentary: The fading of the dream: Widening inequalities in life expectancy in America

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 979-980

  Dorling, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NOTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749618681     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl126     Document Type: Note

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