Social class and race disparities in premature stroke mortality among men in North Carolina

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-153

  Casper, Michele L ^a   Barnett, Elizabeth B ^b   Armstrong, Donna L ^a   Giles, Wayne H ^a   Blanton, Curtis J ^a  

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

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; men; mortality; race; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030965777     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00113-5     Document Type: Article

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