State-Level Income Inequality and Individual Mortality Risk: A Prospective, Multilevel Study.

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    • Subject Terms:
      INCOME inequality; EQUALITY; PUBLIC health; MORTALITY; HEALTH surveys
    • Abstract:
      Conclusions. State-level income inequality appears to exert a contextual effect on mortality risk, after income is adjusted for, providing further evidence that the distribution of income is important for health. (Am J Public Health. 2001; 91:385-391) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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