Coronary heart disease mortality for six ethnic groups in California, 1990-2000

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 499-506

  Palaniappan, Latha ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Fortmann, Stephen P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indian; California; Census; Chinese; Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) Mortality; Ethnic Diversity; Hispanic; Japanese; Non Hispanic Black; Non Hispanic White; Proportional Mortality Ratios (PMRs); Standardized Mortality Ratios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CORONARY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4043078520     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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