Excess mortality among blacks and whites in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 1552-1558

  Geronimus, Arline T ^a   Bound, John ^a,b   Waidmann, Timothy A ^c   Hillemeier, Marianne M ^a   Burns, Patricia B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029828983     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199611213352102     Document Type: Article

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