The hispanic mortality advantage and ethnic misclassification on US death certificates

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Arias, Elizabeth ^a   Eschbach, Karl ^b   Schauman, William S ^c   Backlund, Eric L ^c   Sorlie, Paul D ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c US Bureau of the Census   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950549983     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.135863     Document Type: Article

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