The social context of cardiovascular disease: Challenges and opportunities for the Jackson Heart Study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3 SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages

  Williams, David R ^a,b   Leavell, Jacinta ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; CVD mortality; Disparities; Jackson Heart Study; Research; Risk profile

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MISSISSIPPI; RACISM;

EID: 84869211879     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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