Neighborhood socioeconomic status and coronary heart disease risk prediction in a nationally representative sample

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 827-835

  Pollack, C E ^a   Slaughter, M E ^b   Griffin, B A ^b   Dubowitz, T ^b   Bird, C E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Residence characteristics; Social class; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNICITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL IDENTITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RACE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868193618     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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