Longevity disparities in multiethnic Hawaii: An analysis of 2000 life tables

Public Health Reports

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 579-584

  Chai, Bin Park ^a   Braun, Kathryn L ^a   Horiuchi, Brian Y ^b   Tottori, Caryn ^b   Onaka, Alvin T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; JAPANESE; KOREA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMOAN ISLANDS; SENESCENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HAWAII; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049084433     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490912400415     Document Type: Article

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