Geographic variation in cardiovascular disease mortality in us blacks and whites

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 545-556

  Pickle, Linda Williams ^a   Gillum, Richard F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Geographic variations; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033201690     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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