Education, gender, and state-level disparities in the health of older Indians: Evidence from biomarker data

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-156

  Lee, Jinkook ^a,b   McGovern, Mark E ^c,d,e   Bloom, David E ^d   Arokiasamy, P ^f   Risbud, Arun ^g   O'Brien, Jennifer ^d   Kale, Varsha ^g   Hu, Peifeng ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

^g NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Anemia; Biomarkers; Cardiovascular health; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84947930879     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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