Ethnic differences in the effect of environmental stressors on blood pressure and hypertension in the Netherlands

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Agyemang, Charles ^a,b   Van Hooijdonk, Carolien ^a   Wendel Vos, Wanda ^a   Ujcic Voortman, Joanne K ^c   Lindeman, Ellen ^c   Stronks, Karien ^b   Droomers, Mariel ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GGD Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CRIME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MISUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADDICTION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34447327513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-118     Document Type: Article

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