The association of race and socioeconomic status with cardiovascular disease indicators among older adults in the health, aging, and body composition study.

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Published in J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci on July 01, 2002

Authors

Ronica N Rooks1, Eleanor M Simonsick, Toni Miles, Anne Newman, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Richard Schulz, Tamara Harris

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Epidemiology, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. rrooks@umich.edu

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