County-level housing affordability in relation to risk factors for cardiovascular disease among middle-aged adults: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youths 1979.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that lower levels of housing affordability contribute to worse risk profiles for cardiovascular disease. Policies that make housing more affordable may help reduce the population burden of cardiovascular disease. PMID: 31518890 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31518890?dopt=Abstract

Source: Health and Place - September 9, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Rodgers J, Briesacher BA, Wallace RB, Kawachi I, Baum CF, Kim D Tags: Health Place Source Type: research