Occupation recorded on certificates of death compared with self-report: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bidulescu, Aurelian ^a   Rose, Kathryn M ^b   Wolf, Susanne H ^b   Rosamond, Wayne D ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; WORK; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 35348826143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-229     Document Type: Article

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