Relative deprivation and mortality in South Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 720-728

  Salti, Nisreen ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Age cohorts; Income inequality; Mortality; Race; Relative deprivation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; RACE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; RACE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 75849129072     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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