All-cancers mortality rates approaching diseases of the heart mortality rates as leading cause of death in texas

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-23

  Wyatt, Stephen W ^a   Maynard, William Ryan ^a   Risser, David R ^a   Hakenewerth, Anne M ^a   Williams, Melanie A ^a   Garcia, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; diseases of the heart; mortality rate trends; Texas

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84892873808     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0000000000000046     Document Type: Article

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