Do the wealthy have a health advantage? Cardiovascular disease risk factors and wealth

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1935-1942

  Hajat, A ^a   Kaufman, J S ^b   Rose, K M ^c   Siddiqi, A ^d   Thomas, J C ^c  

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

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Inverse probability weights; Marginal structural models; Obesity; Panel study of income dynamics; Smoking; USA; Wealth

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349309215     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.027     Document Type: Article

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