Sheepskin effects of education in the 10-year Framingham risk of coronary heart disease

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-36

  Liu, Sze Yan ^a   Buka, Stephen L ^a,b   Kubzansky, Laura D ^a   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Gilman, Stephen E ^a,c   Loucks, Eric B ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CHD risk; Education; Sheepskin effect

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; METHODOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876504037     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.12.026     Document Type: Article

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