Demographic and biologic influences on survival in whites and blacks: 40 years of follow-up in the Charleston heart study

BACKGROUND: In the United States, life expectancy is significantly lower among blacks than whites. We examined whether socioeconomic status (SES) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors may help explain this disparity. METHODS: Forty years (1961 through 2000) of all-cause mortality data were o...

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Autores principales: Nietert, Paul J, Sutherland, Susan E, Keil, Julian E, Bachman, David L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1533830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16817956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-5-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1533830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16817956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-5-8

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