Neighborhood stressors and cardiovascular health: Crime and C-reactive protein in Dallas, USA

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1271-1279

  Browning, Christopher R ^a   Cagney, Kathleen A ^b   Iveniuk, James ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cardiovascular health; Crime; Neighborhood; USA

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROTEIN; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS;

DALLAS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864324059     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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