Health and social conditions of the poorest versus wealthiest counties in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 130-135

  Egen, Olivia ^a   Beatty, Kate ^a   Blackley, David J ^a   Brown, Katie ^a   Wykoff, Randy ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85005966664     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303515     Document Type: Article

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