Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Trends among Whites and Blacks -Appalachia and United States, 1980-1993

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 47, Issue 46, 1998, Pages 1005-1015

  Barnett, E ^a   Braham,, V ^b   Halverson, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; APPALACHIAN REGION; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038337222     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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