Demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors affecting ethnic mortality by cause

Social Forces

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1419-1438

  Rogers, Richard G ^a   Hummer, Robert A ^b   Nam, Charles B ^b   Peters, Kemberley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTOR; ETHNIC MORTALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY CAUSE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTOR;

USA;

EID: 0030438425     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/74.4.1419     Document Type: Article

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