All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Black and White North Carolina State Prisoners, 1995-2005

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 719-726

  Rosen, David L ^a   Wohl, David A ^b   Schoenbach, Victor J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority Health; Mortality; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER CANCER; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; RACE DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SUICIDE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PRISONERS; PRISONS;

EID: 80052262770     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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