Trends in the black-white life expectancy gap in the United States, 1983-2003

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1224-1232

  Harper, Sam ^a   Lynch, John ^a   Burris, Scott ^b   Smith, George Davey ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEART DISEASE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947547568     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.11.1224     Document Type: Article

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