Temporal trend in the U.S. black-white disparity in mortality rates from selected alcohol-related chronic diseases

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-164

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol epidemiology; Cirrhosis; Ethnicity; Health disparities; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; PANCREATITIS; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749139782     PISSN: 15332640     EISSN: 15332659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15332640802055558     Document Type: Article

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