Racial and socioeconomic differences in risk factors for cardiovascular disease among Southern rural women

Nursing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 140-147

  Appel, Susan J ^a   Harrell, Joanne S ^b   Deng, Shibing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African American women; Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036582389     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200205000-00002     Document Type: Article

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