Neighborhood stressors and race/ethnic differences in hypertension prevalence (the Multi-Ethnic Study of atherosclerosis)

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-193

  Mujahid, Mahasin S ^a   Diez Roux, Ana V ^b   Cooper, Richard C ^c   Shea, Steven ^d   Williams, David R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; chronic stress; discrimination; ethnicity; hypertension; neighborhoods; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751620015     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.200     Document Type: Article

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