Mortality differences between black and white men in the USA: The contribution of income and other risk factors among men screened for the MRFIT

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Volumn 351, Issue 9107, 1998, Pages 934-939

  Davey Smith, George ^a   Neaton, James D ^b   Wentworth, Deborah ^b   Stamler, Rose ^c   Stamler, Jeremiah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032495664     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)80010-0     Document Type: Article

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