Trends in the educational gradient of mortality among US adults aged 45 to 84 years: Bringing regional context into the explanation

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Montez, Jennifer Karas ^a   Berkman, Lisa F ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891704069     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301526     Document Type: Article

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