Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Socioeconomic Status in African American and Caucasian Women

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-295

  Harrell, Joanne S ^a   Gore, Shirley V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factors; Obesity; Physical inactivity; Race; Smoking; Socioeconomic status; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032133744     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199808)21:4<285::AID-NUR2>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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