United states counties with low black male mortality rates

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-80

  Levine, Robert S ^a   Rust, George ^b   Aliyu, Muktar ^a,c   Pisu, Maria ^d   Zoorob, Roger ^a   Goldzweig, Irwin ^a   Juarez, Paul ^a   Husaini, Baqar ^e   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,f,g,h  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black men; Clinical characteristics; Low mortality

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; DEATH; ETHNICITY; GENDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871562058     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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