Impact of income inequality on life expectancy in a highly unequal developing country: The case of Brazil

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 661-666

  Rasella, Davide ^a   Aquino, Rosana ^a   Barreto, Mauricio Lima ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIAL POLICY;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES;

BRAZIL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84885371489     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201426     Document Type: Article

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