Economic growth and health progress in England and Wales: 160 years of a changing relation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 688-695

  Tapia Granados, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Economic growth; England; Life expectancy at birth; Mortality; Recession; Wales

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; POPULATION HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84857044785     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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