Skin color and mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 1992, Pages 1295-1302

  Keil, J E ^a   Sutherland, S E ^a   Knapp, R G ^a   Tyroler, H A ^b   Pollitzer, W S ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary disease; Mortality; Photometry; Skin pigmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN COLOR;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; NEGROID RACE; PHOTOMETRY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027058099     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116441     Document Type: Article

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