Inverse Associations Between Perceived Racism and Coronary Artery Calcification

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-190

  Everage, Nicholas J ^a   Gjelsvik, Annie ^a,b   McGarvey, Stephen T ^a   Linkletter, Crystal D ^a   Loucks, Eric B ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Coronary Disease; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RACISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857411922     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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