Educational achievement recorded on certificates of death compared with self-report

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 202-204

  Rosamond, Wayne D ^a   Tyroler, Herman A ^a   Chambless, Lloyd E ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^b   Cooper, Lawton ^c   Conwill, David ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

data collection; death certificates; educational assessment; ethnic groups; race; self report

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031052993     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199703000-00014     Document Type: Article

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