Racial disparities in adult all-cause and cause-specific mortality among us adults: mediating and moderating factors

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-13

  Beydoun, M A ^a   Beydoun, H A ^b   Mode, N ^a   Dore, G A ^a   Canas, J A ^c   Eid, S M ^b   Zonderman, A B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Race ethnicity; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995414672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3744-z     Document Type: Article

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