Does the socioeconomic context explain both mortality and income inequality? Prospective register-based study of Norwegian regions

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Elstad, Jon Ivar ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH RISK; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; POISSON RATIO; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; NORWAY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

NORWAY;

EID: 79551574238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-7     Document Type: Article

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