Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Serum Biomarkers in the Black Women’s Health Study

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 279-291

  Cozier, Yvette C ^a   Albert, Michelle A ^b   Castro Webb, Nelsy ^a   Coogan, Patricia F ^a   Ridker, Paul ^c   Kaufman, Harvey W ^d   Palmer, Julie R ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Neighborhood socioeconomic status; Serum biomarkers; Women

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961801284     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-016-0034-0     Document Type: Article

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