Geographical clustering of mortality from systemic lupus erythematosus in the United States: Contributions of poverty, Hispanic ethnicity and solar radiation

Lupus

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 662-670

  Walsh, Stephen J ^a   Gilchrist, A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Hispanic Americans; Mortality; Poverty; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Ultraviolet rays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOLAR RADIATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; POVERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750595612     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0961203306071455     Document Type: Article

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