Childhood socioeconomic position and adult cardiovascular mortality: The boyd orr cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1081-1084

  Frankel, Stephen ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cohort studies; Social class

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032710568     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009932     Document Type: Article

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