Ecological analysis of the health effects of income inequality in Argentina

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 487-496

  De Maio, Fernando G ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentina; Income inequality; Logistic regression; Survey

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIGENT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ARGENTINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41749104874     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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