Volunteering and hypertension risk in later life

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-51

  Burr, Jeffrey A ^a   Tavares, Jane ^a   Mutchler, Jan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health and Retirement Study; health behaviors; hypertension; psychosocial; volunteering

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 78651340699     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264310388272     Document Type: Article

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