Associations between household and neighbourhood socioeconomic status and systolic blood pressure among urban South African adolescents

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 433-458

  Griffiths, Paula L ^a,b   Sheppard, Zoë A ^c   Johnson, William ^d   Cameron, Noël ^a,b   Pettifor, John M ^b   Norris, Shane A ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYSTOLE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861918108     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932012000107     Document Type: Article

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