Widening educational disparities in Premature death rates in twenty six states in the United States, 1993-2007

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Ma, Jiemin ^a   Xu, Jiaquan ^b   Anderson, Robert N ^b   Jemal, Ahmedin ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864083414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041560     Document Type: Article

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