Socio-economic status and blood pressure: An overview analysis

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-110

  Colhoun, H M ^a   Hemingway, H ^b   Poulter, N R ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Kensington Chelsea Westminster H ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Risk factors; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE;

EID: 0031985736     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000558     Document Type: Article

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