Does height modify the risk of angina associated with economic adversity?

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 398-411

  Osika, Walter ^a,b   Ehlin, Anna ^c   Montgomery, Scott M ^a,c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angina; Growth; Health; Height; Income; Morbidity; National Health Interview Survey; Physical stature; Resilience; US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750500365     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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