Does low socioeconomic status potentiate the effects of heightened cardiovascular responses to stress on the progression of carotid atherosclerosis?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-394

  Lynch, John W ^a,b,d   Everson, Susan A ^a,b   Kaplan, George A ^a,b   Salonen, Riitta ^c   Salonen, Jukka T ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Section on Statistical Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS;

EID: 0031957044     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.3.389     Document Type: Article

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