Suicides, homicides, accidents, and other external causes of death among blacks and whites in the southern community cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Sonderman, Jennifer S ^a   Munro, Heather M ^a   Blot, William J ^a,b   Tarone, Robert E ^b   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; ACCIDENT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84915746259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114852     Document Type: Article

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