Persistent clusters of mortality in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2148-2150

  Cossman, Jeralynn Sittig ^a   Cossman, Ronald E ^a   James, Wesley L ^a   Campbell, Carol R ^a   Blanchard, Troy C ^a   Cosby, Arthur G ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; DEMOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449095215     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.093112     Document Type: Article

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