Socioeconomic status, race, and mortality: A prospective cohort study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2014, Pages e98-e107

  Signorello, Lisa B ^a   Cohen, Sarah S ^b   Williams, David R ^a   Munro, Heather M ^b   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^c   Blot, William J ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911113654     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302156     Document Type: Article

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