Subjective and objective measures of socioeconomic status: Predictors of cardiovascular risk in college students in Mumbai, India

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Suchday, Sonia ^a   Chhabra, Rosy ^b   Wylie Rosett, Judith ^b   Almeida, Maureen ^c  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST XAVIER S COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Caste; Class; India; Metabolic syndrome; Socioeconomic status (SES)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET RESTRICTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATHER; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 52149112960     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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