Evidence of accelerated aging among african americans and its implications for mortality

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue C, 2014, Pages 27-32

  Levine, M E ^a   Crimmins, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomarkers; Life expectancy; Mortality selection; Racial disparities

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; BIOMARKER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RISK; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84927127781     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.022     Document Type: Article

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