The association of race and socioeconomic status with cardiovascular disease indicators among older adults in the health, aging, and body composition study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages S247-S256

  Rooks, Ronica N ^a   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^b   Miles, Toni ^c   Newman, Anne ^d   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^e   Schulz, Richard ^d   Harris, Tamara ^a  

^a Laboratories of Biometry   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0036303035     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/57.4.S247     Document Type: Article

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