Health Inequalities

A central theme of our research, which influences all of our substantive and methodological work is social and geographical inequalities in health. We focus on both illustrating the extent of health inequalities, and how to reduce them through social, environmental and health systems intervention.

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Stevens G, Dias RH, Thomas KJA, Rivera JA, Carvalho N, Barquera S, Hill K, Ezzati M

Characterizing the epidemiological transition in Mexico: national and subnational analysis of the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors

PLoS Medicine, 5 (6), pp. e125, 2008.

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Ezzati M, Friedman AB, Kulkarni SC, Murray CJL

The reversal of fortunes: trends in county mortality and cross-county mortality disparities in the United States

PLoS Medicine, 5 (4), pp. e66, 2008.

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Kim D, Kawachi I, Vander Hoorn S, Ezzati M

Is inequality at the heart of it? cross-country associations of income inequality with cardiovascular diseases and risk factors

Social Science and Medicine, 66 (8), pp. 1719-1732, 2008.

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Gakidou E, Oza S, Vidal Fuertes C, Li AY, Lee DK, Sousa A, Hogan MC, Vander Hoorn S, Ezzati M

Improving child survival through environmental and nutritional interventions: the importance of targeting interventions toward the poor

JAMA, 298 (16), pp. 1876-1887, 2007.

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Murray CJL, Kulkarni SC, Michaud C, Tomijima N, Bulzacchelli MT, Iandiorio TJ, Ezzati M

Eight Americas: investigating mortality disparities across races, counties and race-counties in the United States

PLoS Medicine, 3 (9), pp. e260, 2006.

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Health Inequality