Beyond social class

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-3

  Delzell, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029689936     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199601000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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