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closeMedia Coverage of This Article
Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 20 Apr 2012 at 21:22 GMT
The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:
Publication: Health Canal
Title: “Health News - Social factors better indicators of early death risk than skin color, geography, study shows”
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Publication: Medscape News
Title: “Racial Disparities in Mortality Due to Socioeconomic Factors”
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Title: “Smoking or Schools: Which is More Important to Your Health? : NPR”
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Publication: Scope Stanford University School of Medicine
Title: “Social factors better indicators of premature mortality than skin color or geography - Scope - medical blog - Stanford University School of Medicine”
http://scopeblog.stanford...
Publication: Scientific American
Title: “Socioeconomic Factors Trump Race and Geography for Odds of Living to Old Age | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network”
http://blogs.scientificam...
Publication: National Journal
Title: “Study Shows Why US Blacks Die Younger - Maggie Fox - NationalJournal.com”
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RE: Media Coverage of This Article
PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 27 Apr 2012 at 21:25 GMT
Publication: MD News
Title: “MD News - Race, Location Affect Probability of Survival to Age 70”
http://www.mdnews.com/new...
Publication: News Medical
Title: “Research roundup: Caring for dual eligibles; Antitrust policy and the health law”
http://www.news-medical.n...
Publication: Doctors Lounge
Title: “Race, Location Affect Probability of Survival to Age 70 --Doctors Lounge”
http://www.doctorslounge....
Publication: HealthDay
Title: “Social Factors May Affect Lifespan More Than Race, Location”
http://consumer.healthday...
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