Racial disparities in CHD mortality from 1968-1992 in the state economic areas surrounding the ARIC study communities

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 472-480

  Williams, Janice E ^a   Massing, Mark ^a   Rosamond, Wayne D ^a   Sorlie, Paul D ^a   Tyroler, Herman A ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Mortality; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032730524     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(99)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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