Associations between income inequality at municipality level and health depend on context - A multilevel analysis on myocardial infarction in Sweden

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1141-1149

  Henriksson, Göran ^a   Weitoft, Gunilla Ringbäck ^b   Allebeck, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b National Board of Health and Welfare   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Income inequality; Residential segregation; Social class; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLASS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WAGE GAP;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77955561655     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.044     Document Type: Article

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