Income distribution and health: can polarization explain health outcomes better than inequality?
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Income distribution; Polarization; Inequality; BMI; Blood pressure; China;All these keywords.
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- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
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