Mortality among US adult Asians and Pacific Islanders: Findings from the National Health Interview Surveys and the National Longitudinal Mortality Study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 423-433

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

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asians and Pacific Islanders; Cohort Study; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033181673     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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