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Comment
. 2000 Dec 16;321(7275):1532-3; author reply 1533-4.

Income inequality and mortality in Canada and the United States. Third explanation is plausible

T Blakely, A Woodward
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Income inequality and mortality in Canada and the United States. Third explanation is plausible

T Blakely et al. BMJ. .
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Mortality among people of working age by proportion of income belonging to less well off half of households, United States (1990) and Canadian metropolitan areas (1991) over range of Canadian median share values. Mortality is standardised to Canadian population in 1991
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