Asian and Pacific Islander Mortality Differences in Hawaii

Social Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 213-226

  Braun, Kathryn L ^a   Yang, Haiou ^b   Onaka, Alvin T ^c   Horiuchi, Brian Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HAWAII; HEALTH; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031218172     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1997.9988949     Document Type: Article

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