Social mortality differentials in Denmark and the USA - Very different or very similar? A reply to Avendano and Galama

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1573-1574

  Hoffmann, Rasmus ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NOTE; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 81055156721     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.09.010     Document Type: Note

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