Cardiac risk underestimation in urban, black women

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1127-1131

  DeSalvo, Karen B ^a   Gregg, Jessica ^a   Kleinpeter, Myra ^b   Pedersen, Bonnie R ^a   Stepter, Alayna ^a   Peabody, John ^c,d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac risk factors; Minority; Perceived risk; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STRESS; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 30944446587     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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