US regional and national cause-specific mortality and trends in income inequality: Descriptive findings

Demographic Research

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 183-228

  Lynch, John ^a   Harper, Sam ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Ross, Nancy ^c   Wolfson, Michael ^d   Dunn, Jim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 4344673822     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2004.s2.8     Document Type: Article

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