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International Journal of Epidemiology 2005 34(3):638-639; doi:10.1093/ije/dyi074
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Commentary: Modelling multiple pathways to explain social inequalities in health and mortality

Archana Singh-Manoux1,2

1 INSERM U687, HNSM, 14 rue du Val d'Osne, 94415 Saint-Maurice Cédex, France. E-mail: Archana.Singh-Manoux@st-maurice.inserm.fr
2 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK

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Investigations into socioeconomic inequalities in health and mortality have primarily been carried out in the US and in Europe,1–3 therefore reports from other parts of the world are a welcome addition to the effort to explicate pathways linking social structure to health and mortality. Research on social inequalities in Korea is particularly interesting as it has undergone rapid industrialization, with the GDP per head increasing 100-fold in <40 years.4 In this issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology, Khang and colleagues show socioeconomic differentials in mortality in South Korea to be better explained by early life exposures compared with biological risk factors, health behaviours, and psychosocial factors.5 The authors point out that . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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