Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions: A leading cause of death among minorities

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 664-668

  Becker, Thomas M ^a   Wiggins, Charles L ^a   Key, Charles R ^a   Samei, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparison; Hispanic Americans; Indians; Mortality; North American

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW MEXICO; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WHITES;

EID: 0025257414     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115550     Document Type: Article

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