Lifetime socioeconomic position and mortality: Prospective observational study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7080, 1997, Pages 547-552

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Hart, Carole ^b   Blane, David ^c   Gillis, Charles ^d   Hawthorne, Victor ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d RUCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRONCHITIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

EID: 0031039808     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7080.547     Document Type: Article

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