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International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(4):979-980; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl126
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Commentary: The fading of the dream: widening inequalities in life expectancy in America

Danny Dorling

Department of Geography, Sheffield University, UK.

E-mail: daniel.dorling@sheffield.ac.uk

The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below.

‘Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam

And the deer and the antelope play

Where seldom is heard a discouraging word

And the skies are not cloudy all day.’

[Popular Cowboy Song, undated, verse 1]

Studies of health inequalities in the United States are relatively rare, especially considering the extent of those inequalities in comparison with other countries1; the population size of the United States in comparison with far smaller but more studied peoples2; the concentration of resources available to academics in that country3; and the hegemonic status of the world's ‘leader’4 making it odd that it does not lead in this field. Health and wealth are old acquaintances, but best related where riches are best shared.5 If riches were to trickle down naturally anywhere, they should have done so in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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