Mortality effects of community socioeconomic status

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 42-47

  Anderson, Roger T ^a   Sorlie, Paul ^b   Backlund, Eric ^c   Johnson, Norman ^c   Kaplan, George A ^d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

age; environment; gender; mortality rate; socioeconomic status; the National Longitudinal Mortality Study

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031012217     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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