Evidence of increasing coronary heart disease mortality among black men of lower social class

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 464-471

  Barnett, Elizabeth ^a   Armstrong, Donna L ^b   Casper, Michele L ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Coronary heart disease; Mortality trends; Social class; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032759767     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(99)00027-7     Document Type: Article

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