The racial crossover in comorbidity, disability, and mortality

Demography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-283

  Johnson, Nan E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034244088     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648041     Document Type: Article

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