Preliminary evidence for an emerging nonmetropolitan mortality penalty in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1470-1472

  Cosby, Arthur G ^a   Neaves, Tonya T ^a   Cossman, Ronald E ^a   Cossman, Jeralynn S ^a   James, Wesley L ^a   Feierabend, Neal ^a   Mirvis, David M ^b   Jones, Carol A ^c   Farrigan, Tracey ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MORTALITY; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 48749115600     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.123778     Document Type: Article

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