Is education associated with mortality for breast cancer and cardiovascular disease among black and white women?

Gender Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Kim, Catherine ^a,b   Eby, Elizabeth ^c   Piette, John D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cardiovascular; Mortality; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18444404021     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(05)80005-1     Document Type: Article

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