Community-level cardiovascular risk factors impact geographic variation in cardiovascular disease hospitalizations for women

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-457

  Rodriguez, Fátima ^a,b   Wang, Yun ^c   Naderi, Sahar ^d   Johnson, Caitlin E ^a   Foody, Joanne M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Community based care; Disparities; Geographic variation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART INFARCTION; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84877921619     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9640-2     Document Type: Article

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