Trends in mortality risk by education level and cause of death among US White Women from 1986 to 2006

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 473-479

  Montez, Jennifer Karas ^a   Zajacova, Anna ^b  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874085050     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301128     Document Type: Review

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