The longevity gap between black and white men in the united states at the beginning and end of the 20th century

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-363

  Sloan, Frank A ^a   Ayyagari, Padmaja ^b   Salm, Martin ^c   Grossman, Daniel ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 75649096410     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.158188     Document Type: Article

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