Relation between neighborhood median housing value and hypertension risk among black women in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 718-724

  Cozier, Yvette C ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Horton, Nicholas J ^b   Fredman, Lisa ^c   Wise, Lauren A ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947520351     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.074740     Document Type: Article

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