Socioeconomic and psychosocial gradients in cardiovascular pathogen burden and immune response: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 663-671

  Aiello, Allison E ^a   Diez Roux, Ana ^a   Noone, Anne Michelle ^a   Ranjit, Nalini ^a   Cushman, Mary ^b   Tsai, Michael Y ^c   Szklo, Moyses ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Epidemiology; Infection; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 68649121372     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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