Estimating potential reductions in premature mortality in New York City from raising the minimum wage to $15

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1036-1041

  Tsao, Tsu Yu ^a   Konty, Kevin J ^a   Van Wye, Gretchen ^a   Barbot, Oxiris ^a   Hadler, James L ^a   Linos, Natalia ^a   Bassett, Mary T ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CLINICAL STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE MODEL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEW YORK; PREMATURE MORTALITY; RESIDENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INCOME; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN HEALTH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84968813764     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303188     Document Type: Article

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