Socioeconomic differences in risk of myocardial infarction 1971-1994 in Sweden: Time trends, relative risks and population attributable risks

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 410-415

  Hallqvist, Johan ^a   Lundberg, Michael ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Incidence; Myocardial infarction; Social class; Trend

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGY; SWEDEN;

CAUSES OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EUROPE; HEALTH; HEART DISEASES; MORTALITY; MORTALITY DECLINE; NORTHERN EUROPE; POPULATION; POPULATION AT RISK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0031868489     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.410     Document Type: Article

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