Geographic morbidity differentials in the late nineteenth-century United States

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 429-443

  Elman, Cheryl ^a   Myers, George C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABLED PERSON; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033218650     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648082     Document Type: Article

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