Are low wages risk factors for hypertension?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 854-859

  Leigh, J Paul ^a   Du, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870488066     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr204     Document Type: Article

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