Historical differences in school term length and measured blood pressure: Contributions to persistent racial disparities among US-born adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Liu, Sze Yan ^a   Manly, Jennifer J ^b   Capistrant, Benjamin D ^c   Glymour, M Maria ^d  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937019948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129673     Document Type: Article

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