Mortality disparities in appalachia: Reassessment of major risk factors

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-156

  Borak, Jonathan ^a,b   Salipante Zaidel, Catherine ^b   Slade, Martin D ^a   Fields, Cheryl A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jonathan Borak and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COAL MINING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; APPALACHIAN REGION; COAL MINING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857372414     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318246f395     Document Type: Article

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