Socioeconomic inequalities in death from past to present: An introduction

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-356

  Bengtsson, Tommy ^a   Van Poppel, Frans ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18th 20th century; Adult mortality; Europe; Inequality; Life expectancy; Living conditions; North america; SES differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051785400     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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