Down at heart - The meaning and implications of social inequalities in cardiovascular disease

Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 414-424

  Smith, G Davey ^a  

^a Canynge Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031183526     PISSN: 00358819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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