Race\ethnicity and hypertension: The role of social support

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 534-540

  Bell, Caryn N ^a   Thorpe, Roland J ^a   Laveist, Thomas A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Psychosocial factors; Race ethnicity; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951123287     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.28     Document Type: Article

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