Geographic variation in sarcoidosis in South Carolina: Its relation to socioeconomic status and health care indicators

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-278

  Kajdasz, Daniel K ^a   Judson, Marc A ^b   Mohr Jr , Lawrence C ^b   Lackland, Daniel T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Health status indicators; Hospitalization; Sarcoidosis; Social class

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; NEGRO; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SARCOIDOSIS; SEASHORE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033178259     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009998     Document Type: Article

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