Health status, neighborhood socioeconomic context, and premature mortality in the United States: The national institutes of health-AARP diet and health study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 680-688

  Doubeni, Chyke A ^a   Schootman, Mario ^b   Major, Jacqueline M ^c   Torres Stone, Rosalie A ^a   Laiyemo, Adeyinka O ^d   Park, Yikyung ^c   Lian, Min ^b   Messer, Lynne ^e   Graubard, Barry I ^c   Sinha, Rashmi ^c   Hollenbeck, Albert R ^f   Schatzkin, Arthur ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859025947     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300158     Document Type: Article

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