African-American mortality at older ages: Results of a matching study

Demography

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-209

  Preston, Samuel H ^a   Elo, Irma T ^a   Rosenwaike, Ira ^a   Hill, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MORTALITY; NAMES; RECORDS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030136195     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2061872     Document Type: Article

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