Do unequal societies cause death among the elderly? A study of the health effects of inequality in Swedish municipalities in 2006

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Edvinsson, Sören ^a   Lundevaller, Erling Häggström ^a   Malmberg, Gunnar ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gini index; Income inequality; Mortality; Municipality level; Old age; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GINI INDEX; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INCOME INEQUALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUNICIPALITY LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

GINI INDEX; INCOME INEQUALITY; MORTALITY; MUNICIPALITY LEVEL; OLD AGE; SWEDEN;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880141913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.19116     Document Type: Article

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