National trends in educational differentials in mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 919-933

  Feldman, Jacob J ^a   Makuc, Diane M ^a   Kleinman, Joel C ^a   Cornoni huntley, Joan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational status; Heart diseases; Mortality; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMERICAS; CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEART DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024547148     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115225     Document Type: Article

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