Pinpointing the sources of the Asian mortality advantage in the USA

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1006-1011

  Acciai, Francesco ^a   Noah, Aggie J ^a   Firebaugh, Glenn ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH RISK; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; RACIAL SEGREGATION;

ASIA; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945484192     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205623     Document Type: Article

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