Impact of social position on the effect of cardiovascular risk factors on self-rated health

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1278-1284

  Delpierre, Cyrille ^a,c   Lauwers Cances, Valérie ^a   Datta, Geetanjali D ^b   Berkman, Lisa ^c   Lang, Thierry ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL CLASS; TRIGLYCERIDES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650725660     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.147934     Document Type: Article

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