Social disparities and cause-specific mortality during economic development

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1550-1557

  Mary Schooling, C ^a   Lau, Elaine W L ^a   Tin, Keith Y K ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular; China; Concentration curve; Economic development; Mortality; Potential years of life lost; Social disparities

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INCOME; INJURY; MORTALITY; POISONING;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NEOPLASM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77951665522     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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