Early adult characteristics and mortality among inner-city African American women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 640-645

  Astone, Nan Marie ^a   Ensminger, Margaret ^a   Juon, Hee Soon ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036129579     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.4.640     Document Type: Article

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