State-level variations in racial disparities in life expectancy

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1 PART 2, 2012, Pages 544-555

  Bharmal, Nazleen ^a   Tseng, Chi Hong ^a   Kaplan, Robert ^b   Wong, Mitchell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

black; disparity; Life expectancy; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE LEVEL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855843143     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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