US State-level income inequality and risks of heart attack and coronary risk behaviors: longitudinal findings

Roman Pabayo (), Ichiro Kawachi and Stephen Gilman

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 5, 573-588

Abstract: This study is one of the first to empirically show the longitudinal relationship between income inequality and coronary heart disease. Living in a state with higher income inequality increases the risk for heart attack among US adults. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

Keywords: Income inequality; Coronary heart disease; Social determinants of health; Multilevel modeling; Longitudinal analysis; Population-based study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0678-7

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