Commentary: Chasing the elusive null - The story of income inequality and health

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 596-599

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547839773     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym102     Document Type: Note

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