Childhood conditions that predict survival to advanced ages among African-Americans

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1231-1246

  Preston, Samuel H ^a   Hill, Mark E ^a   Drevenstedt, Greg L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cohort mortality; Geographic factors; Longevity; Oldest old; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD HEALTH; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; AGING; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PARENTHOOD; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGEVITY; MALE; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031694437     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00180-4     Document Type: Article

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