Sources of income, wealth and the length of life: An individual level study of mortality

Critical Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-310

  Sabel, Clive E ^a   Dorling, Danny ^b   Hiscock, Rosemary ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Income; Individual data; Mortality; Sweden; Wealth

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 37549026798     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590701499335     Document Type: Article

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