Socioeconomic factors, health behaviors, and mortality: Results from a nationally representative prospective study of US adults

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1703-1708

  Lantz, Paula M ^a,b   House, James S ^a,b   Lepkowski, James M ^b   Williams, David R ^a   Mero, Richard P ^a   Chen, Jieming ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032478951     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.21.1703     Document Type: Article

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