Trends in the black-white life expectancy gap, 2003-2008

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2257-2259

  Harper, Sam ^a   Rushani, Dinela ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; ICD-10; INFANT; INFLUENZA; INTOXICATION; LETTER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NEPHRITIS; PERINATAL DEATH; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 84861889470     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.5059     Document Type: Letter

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