Phantom of the area: Poverty-area residence and mortality in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 973-976

  Waitzman, Norman J ^a   Smith, Ken R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031778929     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.6.973     Document Type: Article

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