Biologic risk markers for coronary heart disease: Nonlinear associations with income

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-46

  Rehkopf, David H ^a   Krieger, Nancy ^a   Coull, Brent ^a   Berkman, Lisa F ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LEAD; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK;

EID: 73849106775     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181c30b89     Document Type: Article

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