Caregiving and risk of coronary heart disease in U.S. women: A prospective study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Lee, Sunmin ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,d   Berkman, Lisa F ^a,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAREGIVER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12244268602     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(02)00582-2     Document Type: Article

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