Distinguishing the race-specific effects of income inequality and mortality in U.S. metropolitan areas

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 435-456

  Nuru Jeter, Amani M ^a   Williams, Chyvette T ^b   La Veist, Thomas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RACIAL IDENTITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84925230963     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.44.3.b     Document Type: Article

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