Eight Americas: New perspectives on U.S. health disparities

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 4-10

  Murray, Christopher J L ^a,b   Kulkarni, Sandeep ^a   Ezzati, Majid ^a  

^a Harvard Initiative for Global Health   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASIAN AMERICAN; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HIGH RISK POPULATION; ICELAND; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29644432810     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.07.031     Document Type: Review

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