People, places and coronary heart disease risk factors: A multilevel analysis of the Scottish Heart Health Study archive

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 893-902

  Hart, Carole ^a,d   Ecob, Russell ^b   Smith, George Davey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d RUCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Diastolic blood pressure; Drinking; Multilevel model; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

CORONARY HEART DISEASE; DISEASE RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SCOTTISH HEART HEALTH STUDY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030756882     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00431-5     Document Type: Article

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