Inequality, race, and mortality in U.S. cities: A political and econometric review of Deaton and Lubotsky (56:6, 1139-1153, 2003)

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1909-1913

  Ash, Michael ^a   Robinson, Dean E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Health inequality; Inequality; Mortality; Race; USA

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; ERROR CORRECTION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; POLITICS; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65749096921     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.038     Document Type: Note

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