Estimated deaths attributable to social factors in the united states

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1456-1465

  Galea, Sandro ^a,b   Tracy, Melissa ^a,b   Hoggatt, Katherine J ^a   DiMaggio, Charles ^b   Karpati, Adam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960490081     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300086     Document Type: Article

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