Race, mental illness, and premature mortality: Double jeopardy?

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-224

  Piatt, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; LEAST SQUARE ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; OHIO; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL DISORDERS; OHIO;

EID: 85047688154     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0223a     Document Type: Letter

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