Contributions of sociology to the prediction of heart disease and their implications for public health

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 10-21

  Siegrist, Johannes ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart disease; Prevention; Social distress; Social inequality; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001837419     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/1.1.10     Document Type: Article

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