Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 630-636 , September 2009

Employment Status, Coronary Heart Disease, and Stroke Among Women

  • April P. Carson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: April P. Carson, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 220 RPHB, 1530 3rd Avenue S, Birmingham, AL 35294. Tel.: 205-934-6107; Fax: 205-934-8665.
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  • Kathryn M. Rose, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Diane J. Catellier, DRPH

      Affiliations

    • Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center & Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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  • Ana V. Diez-Roux, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Carles Muntaner, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  • Sharon B. Wyatt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing and School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

Received 6 December 2008 ,Accepted 27 April 2009.

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 The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study is carried out as a collaborative study supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute contracts N01-HC-55015, N01-HC-55016, N01-HC-55018, N01-HC-55019, N01-HC-55020, N01-HC-55021, and N01-HC-55022.

PII: S1047-2797(09)00145-8

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.04.008

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 9 , Pages 630-636 , September 2009

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