The contributions of selected diseases to disparities in death rates and years of life lost for racial/ethnic minorities in the United States, 1999-2010

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Howard, George ^a   Peace, Frederick ^a   Howard, Virginia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978129759     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd11.140138     Document Type: Article

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