The epidemic of despair among white americans: Trends in the leading causes of premature death, 1999-2015

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1541-1547

  Stein, Elizabeth M ^a   Gennuso, Keith P ^a   Ugboaja, Donna C ^a   Remington, Patrick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTOXICATION; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PREMATURE MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NEOPLASMS; POISONING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029534934     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.303941     Document Type: Article

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