Epigenetics and the embodiment of race: Developmental origins of US racial disparities in cardiovascular health

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-15

  Kuzawa, Christopher W ^a   Sweet, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL STRESS; PERINATAL CARE; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59549095785     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20822     Document Type: Article

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