Spouse correlations in cardiovascular risk factors and the effect of marriage duration

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-53

  Knuiman, Matthew W ^a   Divitini, Mark L ^a   Bartholomew, Helen C ^a   Welborn, Timothy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; environment; life style; marriage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY RISK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030031204     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008656     Document Type: Article

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