CVD risk among men participating in the national health and nutrition examination Survey (NHANES) from 2001 to 2010: Differences by sexual minority status

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 772-778

  Farmer, Grant W ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^b   Flick, Louise H ^a   Burroughs, Thomas E ^c   Bowen, Deborah J ^d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DRUG USER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; MALE; RESEARCH WORK; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH INEQUALITIES; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENDER; HEALTH INEQUALITIES; SOCIAL INEQUALITIES;

ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885371825     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202658     Document Type: Article

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