Neighbourhood chronic stress and gender inequalities in hypertension among Canadian adults: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 705-713

  Matheson, Flora I ^a,b   White, Heather L ^a,c   Moineddin, Rahim ^c,d   Dunn, James R ^a,b   Glazier, Richard H ^a,b,c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANADA;

EID: 77955970304     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.083303     Document Type: Article

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