Multilevel and spatialtime trend analyses of the prevalence of hypertension in a large urban city in the USA

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1053-1063

  Liu, Longjian ^a   Núñez, Ana E ^b   Yu, Xiaoping ^c   Yin, Xiaoyan ^d   Eisen, Howard J ^c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHENGDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Multilevel models; Neighborhood environment; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892873725     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-013-9815-x     Document Type: Review

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