Income inequality and mortality: why are they related?

Editorial

G D Smith. BMJ. 1996.

. 1996 Apr 20;312(7037):987-8.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7037.987.

No abstract available

Comment on

Income distribution and mortality: cross sectional ecological study of the Robin Hood index in the United States.
Kennedy BP, Kawachi I, Prothrow-Stith D. Kennedy BP, et al. BMJ. 1996 Apr 20;312(7037):1004-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7037.1004. BMJ. 1996. PMID: 8616345 Free PMC article.
Does the variation in the socioeconomic characteristics of an area affect mortality?
Ben-Shlomo Y, White IR, Marmot M. Ben-Shlomo Y, et al. BMJ. 1996 Apr 20;312(7037):1013-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7037.1013. BMJ. 1996. PMID: 8616348 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Inequality in income and mortality in the United States: analysis of mortality and potential pathways.
Kaplan GA, Pamuk ER, Lynch JW, Cohen RD, Balfour JL. Kaplan GA, et al. BMJ. 1996 Apr 20;312(7037):999-1003. doi: 10.1136/bmj.312.7037.999. BMJ. 1996. PMID: 8616393 Free PMC article.