Mortality burden and socioeconomic status in India.

The dimensions along which mortality is patterned in India remains unclear. We examined the specific contribution of social castes, household income, assets, and monthly per capita consumption to mortality differentials in India.Cross-sectional data on 217,363 individuals from 41,554 households from...

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Main Authors: June Y T Po, S V Subramanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3036714?pdf=render