Leading causes of death among Asian American subgroups (2003-2011)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Hastings, Katherine G ^a   Jose, Powell O ^b   Kapphahn, Kristopher I ^a   Frank, Ariel T H ^c   Goldstein, Benjamin A ^a   Thompson, Caroline A ^d   Eggleston, Karen ^e   Cullen, Mark R ^a   Palaniappan, Latha P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUTTER HEALTH   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFLUENZA; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KOREAN (PEOPLE); LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PNEUMONIA; SEPTICEMIA; SUICIDE; VIETNAMESE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ASIAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84928533422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124341     Document Type: Article

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