The Association Between Educational Attainment and Diabetes Among Men in the United States

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 349-356

  Whitaker, Shanta M ^a   Bowie, Janice V ^a   McCleary, Rachael ^a   Gaskin, Darrell J ^a   LaVeist, Thomas A ^a   Thorpe, Roland J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes; health inequality disparity; quantitative research; social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911981511     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988313520034     Document Type: Article

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