Relative deprivation and mortality - A longitudinal study in a Swedish population of 4,7 million, 1990-2006

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Åberg Yngwe, Monica ^a   Kondo, Naoki ^b   Hägg, Sara ^a,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Income inequality; Mortality; Relative deprivation; Sweden; Yitzhaki index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84864910066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-664     Document Type: Article

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