All-Cause Mortality Among Hispanics in the United States: Exploring Heterogeneity by Nativity Status, Country of Origin, and Race in the National Health Interview Survey-Linked Mortality Files

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 336-343

  Borrell, Luisa N ^a   Crawford, Natalie D ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Country of origin; Hispanic; Hispanic subgroup; National Health Interview Survey; Race; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CUBA; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PUERTO RICO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63749100375     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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