Marital quality and occurrence of the metabolic syndrome in women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1022-1027

  Troxel, Wendy M ^a   Matthews, Karen A ^a,d   Gallo, Linda C ^c   Kuller, Lewis H ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; WIDOW;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MARRIAGE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 18344374283     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.9.1022     Document Type: Article

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