Neighborhoods and systemic inflammation: High CRP among legal and unauthorized Brazilian migrants

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 683-693

  Holmes, Louisa M ^a   Marcelli, Enrico A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; C reactive protein; Cardiovascular disease; Immigrant; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

BIOMARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; IMMIGRANT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION; URBAN AREA;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859267343     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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