Contribution of smoking to excess mortality in Harlem

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 250-258

  Northridge, M E ^a   Morabia, A ^b   Ganz, M L ^a   Bassett, M T ^a   Gemson, D ^a   Andrews, H ^c   McCord, C ^a  

^a HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Educational status; Mortality; Poverty areas; Smoking; Social class; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032007014     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009444     Document Type: Article

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