A commentary on "Neo-materialist theory and the temporal relationship between income inequality and longevity change"

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1882-1894

  Zimmerman, Frederick J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic structure; Health determinants; Income inequality; Longevity; USA; Wilkinson hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONGEVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41249099049     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.12.037     Document Type: Note

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