Neighbourhood characteristics and mortality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 398-407

  Borrell, Luisa N ^a   Diez Roux, Ana V ^b   Rose, Kathryn ^c   Catellier, Diane ^c   Clark, Bobby L ^d  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d Univ of Missisippi Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Neighbourhood; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORTALITY RISK; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POVERTY AREAS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342537828     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh063     Document Type: Article

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