Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 12 , Pages 875-883 , December 2009

Life Course Socioeconomic Conditions and Metabolic Syndrome in Adults: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

  • Kristal L. Chichlowska, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Kristal Chichlowska PhD, MPH, California Tribal Epidemiology Center, 4400 Auburn Blvd, 2nd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95842. Tel: (916) 929-9761. Fax: (916) 929-7246.
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  • Kathryn M. Rose, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Ana V. Diez-Roux, MD, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor
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  • Sherita H. Golden, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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  • Annie M. McNeill, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Merck and Co., North Wales, PA
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  • Gerardo Heiss, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Received 6 January 2009 ,Accepted 26 July 2009.

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PII: S1047-2797(09)00288-9

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.07.094

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 19, Issue 12 , Pages 875-883 , December 2009

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