Mortality by Hispanic Status in the United States

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 270, Issue 20, 1993, Pages 2464-2468

  Sorlie, Paul D ^a   Rogot, Eugene ^a   Backlund, Eric ^b   Johnson, Norman J ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027422554     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03510200070034     Document Type: Article

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