Healthy life expectancy for selected race and gender subgroups: The case of Tennessee

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 977-984

  Chang, Cyril F ^a   Nocetti, Diego ^a   Rubin, Rose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Healthy life expectancy; Quality adjusted life expectancy; Race and gender; Total life expectancy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIODIVERSITY; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 27644597275     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000182512.68037.0c     Document Type: Review

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