Increased Gallbladder-related mortality among Hispanics: Does education play a role?

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-205

  Wagener, Diane K ^a,c   McDonald, Margaret ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NCHS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gallbladder cancer; Gallstones; Hispanics; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL ROLE; GALLBLADDER DISORDER; GASTRO-INTESTINAL HEALTH; HISPANIC COMMUNITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY PATTERN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

USA;

EID: 0030236018     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961788     Document Type: Article

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