Quantifying the contributions of behavioral and biological risk factors to socioeconomic disparities in coronary heart disease incidence: The MORGEN study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 807-814

  Kershaw, Kiarri N ^a   Droomers, Mariël ^b   Robinson, Whitney R ^c   Carnethon, Mercedes R ^a   Daviglus, Martha L ^a,e   Monique Verschuren, W M ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Health behaviors; Risk factors; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886594767     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9847-2     Document Type: Article

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