Do cardiovascular risk factors explain the relation between socioeconomic status, risk of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and acute myocardial infarction?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 934-942

  Lynch, John W ^a,d   Kaplan, George A ^a   Cohen, Richard D ^a   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^b   Salonen, Jukka T ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d Human Population Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; myocardial infarction; risk factors; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; LIPOPROTEIN; MERCURY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FINLAND; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCOME; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MORTALITY RISK;

FINLAND, KUOPIO;

EID: 0029659391     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008863     Document Type: Article

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