Community occupational structure, medical and economic resources and coronary mortality among U.S. blacks and whites, 1980-1988

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 184-191

  Armstrong, Donna ^a   Barnett, Elizabeth ^b   Casper, Michele ^c   Wing, Steve ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Community Health; Coronary Heart Disease; Minorities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032054775     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00202-0     Document Type: Article

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