Self-reported health status and mortality in a multiethnic us cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-46

  McGee, Daniel L ^a   Liao, Youlian ^a   Cao, Guichan ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Ethnic groups; Health status; Health surveys; Mortality; Social class; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032905210     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009725     Document Type: Article

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