Associations between subjective social status and physical and mental health functioning among patients with hypertension

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2624-2635

  Cené, Crystal W ^a   Halladay, Jacqueline R ^a   Gizlice, Ziya ^a   Roedersheimer, Kyle ^a   Hinderliter, Alan ^a   Cummings, Doyle M ^b   Donahue, Katrina E ^a   Perrin, Andrew J ^a   Dewalt, Darren A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; hypertension; quality of life; race; socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992579876     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315581514     Document Type: Article

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