Budrys, Grace, 1943-

Unequal health : How inequality contributes to health or illness / Grace Budrys. - 2nd ed. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010. - viii, 283 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The tools ; The causes of death ; Age and sex ; Race and poverty ; Lifestyle and health behavior ; Medical care ; Genes ; Stress ; Social inequality ; Population health ; Policy.

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Social medicine.
Medical statistics.
Health behavior.
Health status indicators.
Health Status Indicators--United States.
Socioeconomic Factors--United States.