Geographic disparities in declining rates of heart disease mortality in the Southern United States, 1973-2010

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Vaughan, Adam S ^a   Kramer, Michael R ^b   Casper, Michele ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MORTALITY; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921629663     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd11.140203     Document Type: Article

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