Excess mortality in harlem

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 322, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 173-177

  McCord, Colin ^a   Freeman, Harold P ^a  

^a Columbia University and Harlem Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; MORALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BLACKS; CAUSES OF DEATH; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; MORTALITY; NEW YORK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; BLACKS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WHITES;

EID: 0025100863     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199001183220306     Document Type: Article

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