Employment status and high blood pressure in women: Variations by time and by sociodemographic characteristics

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Rose, Kathryn M ^a   Newman, Beth ^a   Bennett, Trude ^a   Tyroler, Herman A ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; cross sectional study; Employment; race; socioeconomic status; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0030969031     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(96)00127-5     Document Type: Article

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