The association between birthplace and mortality from cardiovascular causes among black and white residents of New York City

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1545-1551

  Fang, Jing ^a   Madhavan, Shantha ^a   Alderman, Michael H ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ENGLAND; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0029806997     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199611213352101     Document Type: Article

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