Geographic distribution of dementia mortality: Elevated mortality rates for black and white Americans by place of birth

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-202

  Glymour, M Maria ^a   Kosheleva, Anna ^a   Wadley, Virginia G ^b   Weiss, Christopher ^c   Manly, Jennifer J ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disease stroke; dementia; geography; lifecourse; racial disparities; stroke belt

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052270792     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31820905e7     Document Type: Article

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