The Contribution of Smoking to Black-White Differences in U.S. Mortality

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 545-568

  Ho, Jessica Y ^a   Elo, Irma T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Race; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875391582     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0159-z     Document Type: Article

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