Migration status, socioeconomic status, and mortality rates in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites: The San Antonio heart study

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 307-313

  Wei, Ming ^a   Valdez, Rodolfo A ^b   Mitchell, Braxton D ^c   Haffner, Steven M ^a   Stern, Michael P ^a   Hazuda, Helen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mexican Americans; migration; Mortality; non Hispanic whites; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030198394     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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