Mortality from Leading Causes by Education and Race in the United States, 2001

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8.e7

  Jemal, Ahmedin ^a   Thun, Michael J ^a   Ward, Elizabeth E ^a   Henley, S Jane ^a   Cokkinides, Vilma E ^a   Murray, Taylor E ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849049371     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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