Social class, race/ethnicity and all-cause mortality in the US: Longitudinal results from the 1986-1994 National Health Interview Survey

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 777-784

  Muntaner, Carles ^a,c   Hadden, Wilbur C ^b   Kravets, Nataliya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazard ratio; Mortality; National Health Interview Survey (NHIS); Race; Self employed; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16544389038     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJEP.0000036569.39399.68     Document Type: Article

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