Neighborhood environments and coronary heart disease: A multilevel analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-63

  Diez Roux, Ana V ^a,h   Nieto, F Javier ^b   Muntaner, Carles ^c   Tyroler, Herman A ^d   Comstock, George W ^b   Shahar, Eyal ^e   Cooper, Lawton S ^f   Watson, Robert L ^g   Szklo, Moyses ^b  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular diseases; Coronary disease; Ethnic groups; Social class; Social conditions; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEART DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

USA;

EID: 0030609724     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009191     Document Type: Article

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