A further analysis of race differences in the National Longitudinal Mortality Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1748-1751

  Ng Mak, Daisy S ^a   Dohrenwend, Bruce P ^b   Abraido Lanza, Ana F ^b   Turner, J Blake ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b EPI PH Bldg 18 304 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032726395     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.11.1748     Document Type: Article

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