Lipid profile and socioeconomic status in healthy middle aged women in Sweden

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 400-407

  Wamala, Sarah Prossie ^a,d   Wolk, Alicia ^c   Schenck Gustafsson, Karin ^b   Orth Gomér, Kristina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

HEALTH STATUS; LIPID PROFILE; MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030812912     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.4.400     Document Type: Article

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