Geographic disparities in heart disease and stroke mortality among black and white populations in the Appalachian region

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Halverson, Joel A ^a   Barnett, Elizabeth ^b   Casper, Michele ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Geographic disparities; Heart disease; Racial ethnic disparities; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; APPALACHIAN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036764307     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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