Exposure to Violence and Carotid Artery Intima‐Media Thickness in Mexican Women

Exposure to Violence and Carotid Artery Intima‐Media Thickness in Mexican Women

BackgroundViolence against women has become a global public health threat. Data on the potential impact of exposure to violence on cardiovascular disease are scarce. Methods and ResultsWe evaluated the association between exposure to violence and subclinical cardiovascular disease in 634 disease‐fre...

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Main Authors: Mario H. Flores‐Torres, Rebekka Lynch, Ruy Lopez‐Ridaura, Elsa Yunes, Adriana Monge, Eduardo Ortiz‐Panozo, Carlos Cantu‐Brito, Arna Hauksdóttir, Unnur Valdimarsdóttir, Martín Lajous
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cardiovascular disease
carotid intima‐media thickness
stress
violence
women
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.006249

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