Income inequality and population health: A review and explanation of the evidence.

Whether or not the scale of a society's income inequality is a determinant of population health is still regarded as a controversial issue. We decided to review the evidence and see if we could find a consistent interpretation of both the positive and negative findings. We identified 168 analyses in...

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Published in:Social Science & Medicine Vol. 62; no. 7; pp. 1768 - 1785
Main Authors: Wilkinson, Richard G., Pickett, Kate E.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier Science April 2006
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