Association between an internet-based measure of area racism and black mortality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Chae, David H ^a   Clouston, Sean ^b   Hatzenbuehler, Mark L ^c   Kramer, Michael R ^d   Cooper, Hannah L F ^d   Wilson, Sacoby M ^a   Stephens Davidowitz, Seth I ^e   Gold, Robert S ^a   Link, Bruce G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RACISM; SEARCH ENGINE; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; RACISM; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929377112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122963     Document Type: Article

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