Geographic and racial variation in premature mortality in the U.S.: Analyzing the disparities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Cullen, Mark R ^a   Cummins, Clint ^b   Fuchs, Victor R ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PREMATURE MORTALITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859859818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032930     Document Type: Article

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