Income Inequality and Cause-Specific Mortality During Economic Development

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 285-294

  Lau, Elaine W ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a   Tin, keith Y ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Absolute Income; All Cause Mortality; Cause Specific Mortality; China; Economic Development; Gini; Hong Kong; Income Inequality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858968147     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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