Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular disease risk factors: Findings for women from the third national health and nutrition examination survey, 1988-1994

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 356-362

  Winkleby, Marilyn A ^a   Kraemer, Helena C ^a   Ahn, David K ^a   Varady, Ann N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0032578110     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.4.356     Document Type: Article

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