Socioeconomic determinants of health : Health and social cohesion: Why care about income inequality?

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7086, 1997, Pages 1037-

  Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Kennedy, B P ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; VIOLENCE;

HEALTH; HUMANS; INCOME; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 85007736429     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7086.1037     Document Type: Article

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