Community Characteristics are Associated with Blood Pressure Levels in a Racially Integrated Community

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 403-414

  Samuel, L J ^a   Thorpe, R J ^a,b   Bower, K M ^b,c   LaVeist, T A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Morgan Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Hypertension; Neighborhood problems; Neighborhood social cohesion; Residential segregation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARYLAND; RACE RELATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RACE RELATIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84930381969     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-015-9936-5     Document Type: Article

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