Influence of individual and neighbourhood socioeconomic status on mortality among black, Mexican-American, and white women and men in the United States

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 444-452

  Winkleby, M A ^a   Cubbin, C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038047632     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.6.444     Document Type: Article

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