Using zip code-level mortality data as a local health status indicator in Mobile, Alabama

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-274

  Arrieta, Martha ^b   White, Harvey L ^a   Crook, Errol D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Health disparities; Mortality; Poverty; Zip code

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

EID: 43749119583     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31816a49c0     Document Type: Article

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