Mortality trends and signs of health progress in the United States: Improving understanding and action

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1699-1700

  McGinnis, J Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLON CANCER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; TRENDS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84945262512     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.12391     Document Type: Editorial

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