منابع مشابه
Widening of Socioeconomic Inequalities in U.S. Death Rates, 1993–2001
BACKGROUND Socioeconomic inequalities in death rates from all causes combined widened from 1960 until 1990 in the U.S., largely because cardiovascular death rates decreased more slowly in lower than in higher socioeconomic groups. However, no studies have examined trends in inequalities using recent US national data. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We calculated annual age-standardized death r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BDJ in practice
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2057-3308', '2520-8675']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-020-0622-2