The cultural gradient: Culture moderates the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and ambulatory blood pressure

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-510

  Steffen, Patrick R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ambulatory blood pressure; SES; Social gradient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751305592     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-006-9079-y     Document Type: Article

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