Social determinants and the classification of disease: Descriptive epidemiology of selected socially mediated disease constellations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Levine, Robert S ^a   Kilbourne, Barbara A ^a,b   Rust, George S ^c   Langston, Michael A ^d   Husaini, Baqar A ^b   Gittner, Lisaann S ^e   Sanderson, Maureen ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,f  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLACK PERSON; BRONCHUS CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RACE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; TRACHEA CANCER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910614645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110271     Document Type: Article

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