An examination of urban versus rural mortality in China using community and individual data

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Zimmer, Zachary ^a,d   Kaneda, Toshiko ^b   Spess, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 35148838950     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/62.5.S349     Document Type: Article

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