Association of adult socioeconomic position with hypertension in older people

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-80

  Regidor, Enrique ^a   Gutiérrez Fisac, Juan L ^b   Banegas, José R ^b   Domínguez, Vicente ^a   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 29744452868     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.038331     Document Type: Article

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