Invited commentary: The search for explanations of the American health disadvantage relative to the english

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 866-869

  Avendano, Mauricio ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

England; Europe; health status disparities; internationality; life expectancy; morbidity; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL POLICY;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; POVERTY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ENGLAND; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953885074     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq484     Document Type: Review

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