Racial Disparities in Diabetes Mortality in the 50 Most Populous US Cities

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 873-885

  Rosenstock, Summer ^a,c   Whitman, Steve ^a   West, Joseph F ^a   Balkin, Michael ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Disparities; Economic inequality; Large cities; Mortality; Race; Segregation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POVERTY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84912009499     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-013-9861-4     Document Type: Article

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