Study finds African-Americans bear disproportionate burden of smoking costs in California
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 17:14
in Health & Medicine
African Americans comprise six percent of the California adult population, yet they account for over eight percent of the state's smoking-attributable health care expenditures and 13 percent of smoking-attributable mortality costs, according to a new analysis by UCSF researchers.
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