Social class and premature mortality among men: A method for state- based surveillance

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1521-1525

  Barnett, Elizabeth ^a   Armstrong, Donna L ^b   Casper, Michele L ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030868104     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.9.1521     Document Type: Article

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