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American Journal of Epidemiology 2004 160(10):1030-1031; doi:10.1093/aje/kwh324
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Copyright © 2004 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "EVALUATION OF MORTALITY DATA FOR OLDER MEXICAN AMERICANS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE HISPANIC PARADOX"

Kushang V. Patel1, Karl Eschbach2,3, Laura A. Ray2,4 and Kyriakos S. Markides1,2

1 Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Division of Sociomedical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0460
2 Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0460
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0460
4 Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0460

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In a paper appearing several months ago in the Journal (1), we compared mortality ascertainment carried out using the National Death Index (NDI) with mortality ascertainment conducted through fieldwork for the Hispanic segment of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (H-EPESE). The H-EPESE follows a cohort of older Mexican Americans residing in five southwestern US . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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