Who is hurt by procyclical mortality?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2051-2058

  Edwards, Ryan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Mortality; Procyclical mortality; Recession; Unemployment; USA

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRINKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERIODICITY; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56349097229     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.032     Document Type: Article

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