Is there progress toward eliminating racial/ethnic disparities in the leading causes of death?

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 689-697

  Keppel, Kenneth G ^a   Pearcy, Jeffrey N ^a   Heron, Melonie P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957942638     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500511     Document Type: Article

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