Explaining recent mortality trends among younger and middle-aged White Americans

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 81-88

  Masters, Ryan K ^a   Tilstra, Andrea M ^a   Simon, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Despair deaths; Midlife mortality; Mortality trends; Obesogenic; Opiates; USA

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TREND ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RATE; MORTALITY RISK; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85041404595     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyx127     Document Type: Article

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