Lifecourse Social Conditions and Racial Disparities in Incidence of First Stroke

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 904-912

  Glymour, M Maria ^a,b   Avendaño, Mauricio ^c   Haas, Steven ^d   Berkman, Lisa F ^b  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Lifecourse; Racial Disparities; Social Class; Stroke; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIRTH; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEGRO; OCCUPATION; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; RETIREMENT; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56549106531     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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