Deeper and wider: Income and mortality in the USA over three decades

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-188

  Dowd, Jennifer B ^a,b   Albright, Jeremy ^c   Raghunathan, Trivellore E ^c   Schoeni, Robert F ^c   LeClere, Felicia ^c   Kaplan, George A ^c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Income; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; INCOME; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952059893     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq189     Document Type: Article

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