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Economic opportunity, health behaviours, and health outcomes in the USA: a population-based cross-sectional study [1]

Inequality of opportunity, defined as differences in the prospects for upward social mobility, might have important consequences for health. Diminished opportunity can lower the motivation to invest in future health by reducing economic returns to health investments and undermining hope. We estimated the association between county-level economic opportunity and individual-level health in young adults in the general US population.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
04/10/2016
Atheendar S Venkataramani [3], Rachel Brigell [4], Rourke O'Brien & et al [5]
lancet public hea [6]
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Health [7], United States Of America (US) [8], Economy [9], Unemployment [10], Health Insurance [11]
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[2] http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(16)30005-6/fulltext
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/atheendar-s-venkataramani
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rachel-brigell
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rourke-obrien-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/lancet-public-hea
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/economy
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unemployment
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-insurance