Income inequality and self rated health in Britain
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Income inequality and self rated health in Britain.
STUDY OBJECTIVE Several studies have reported an association between income inequality and increased mortality, but few have used net income data, controlled for individual income, or evaluated sensitivity to the choice of inequality measure. The study tested the hypotheses that people in regions of Britain with the greatest income inequality would report worse health than those in other region...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0143-005X
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.6.436