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Review
. 2000 Apr 29;320(7243):1200-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7243.1200.

Income inequality and mortality: importance to health of individual income, psychosocial environment, or material conditions

J W Lynch  1 , G D Smith, G A Kaplan, J S House
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Review

Income inequality and mortality: importance to health of individual income, psychosocial environment, or material conditions

J W Lynch et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Gross domestic product per person in US dollars (adjusted for purchasing power parity) and life expectancy in 155 countries, circa 1993
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Figure 2
Gross domestic product per person in all 33 countries with GDP/person greater than $10 000
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Figure 3
Income inequality (Gini coefficient) and mortality in men and women aged 45-54 in Britain, 1962 to 1990
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