Patterns of comorbidity and mortality risk in blacks and whites

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 381-385

  McGee, Daniel ^a   Cooper, Richard ^a   Liao, Youlian ^a   Durazo Arvizu, Ramon ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

black:white differentials; Comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030250465     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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