Income is a stronger predictor of mortality than education in a national sample of US adults

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-86

  Sabanayagam, Charumathi ^a,b   Shankar, Anoop ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Education; Income; Inequality; Mortality; Risk factors; Socioeconomic conditions; United states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860557626     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v30i1.11280     Document Type: Article

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